On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 10:45:22 AM UTC+1, Gael Princivalle wrote:
>
> I've set a scheduler in a new application and tasks are running.
>
> So probably there's a problem when a app comes from a previous web2py 
> version.
>

as long as you let migration happen, no issues whatsoever.
 

> Anyway I think it can be resolved deleting the scheduler and create it 
> again, but I've tried to:
> Killing the worker - Ok
> Delete Scheduler Ko
>
> When I delete the scheduler.py file from admin web2py creates it again.
>
> How can I delete the scheduler?
>

delete what ? the istantiation ? 
 

>
> Thanks, regards.
>
> Il giorno giovedì 17 dicembre 2015 21:40:36 UTC+1, Gael Princivalle ha 
> scritto:
>>
>> Thanks Niphlod.
>>
>> >So, here it is the breakdown of the possible issues:
>> >- are tasks QUEUED or ASSIGNED ?
>> QUEUED. But if I set the net run time to now + 2 minutes I can check that 
>> task don't run.
>> Status options don't have ASSIGNED.
>>
>> >If they are QUEUED, either they can't be executed yet (i.e. start_time 
>> in the future) or tasks are queued with a group_name that can't be 
>> processed by a worker . 
>> Main group for all.
>>
>> *>Check #1: there should be a scheduler_task row with group_name "in" 
>> scheduler_worker group_names*
>> >- if tasks SHOULD be ASSIGNED but remain on QUEUED status, no worker is 
>> running or workers can't agree on who is "the ticker".
>> Well worker is running and main is the group_name.
>>
>> *>Check #2 (there should be a scheduler_worker with is_ticker = True)*
>> Yes it have.
>>
>> Check is complete. I think I will cancel the scheduler and create it 
>> again. Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Il giorno giovedì 17 dicembre 2015 21:21:56 UTC+1, Niphlod ha scritto:
>>>
>>> I thought more people liked to see the code : I find myself explaining 
>>> scheduler internals more often than I'd like to :P
>>>
>>> soooooooooo. worker names.... worker names are used to identify a worker 
>>> process (it's enforced as unique in the model)...
>>> I'll reply to some ideal "FAQ" questions....
>>> - Why worker names are important ? Because tasks ASSIGNED to a 
>>> worker_name (assigned_worker_name in scheduler_task) get processed by 
>>> that worker, and that worker only
>>> - Who chooses worker names ? the worker itself. It does so concatenating 
>>> the hostname and the PID, which results in a good (and unique) way to 
>>> identify a process.
>>> - Who chooses that task "foo" gets processed by worker "bar" ? A worker. 
>>> It's when tasks from QUEUED go to the ASSIGNED status... The worker that 
>>> does this is "the ticker". The ticker is "elected" with a dumb (and slow) - 
>>> but reliable - algorithm among workers: it's the only one that can "assign" 
>>> tasks (either to itself or to other workers). The only thing that blocks a 
>>> ticker to assign tasks to a worker is the group_name.
>>>
>>> So, here it is the breakdown of the possible issues:
>>> - are tasks QUEUED or ASSIGNED ? If they are QUEUED, either they can't 
>>> be executed yet (i.e. start_time in the future) or tasks are queued with a 
>>> group_name that can't be processed by a worker . 
>>> *Check #1: there should be a scheduler_task row with group_name "in" 
>>> scheduler_worker group_names*
>>> - if tasks SHOULD be ASSIGNED but remain on QUEUED status, no worker is 
>>> running or workers can't agree on who is "the ticker". 
>>> *Check #2 (there should be a scheduler_worker with is_ticker = True)*
>>> That should be it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: if tasks are ASSIGNED to a worker that isn't there anymore (i.e. 
>>> is dead or, in your case, you changed hosting facility) it's not an issue. 
>>> Any worker, periodically, checks if ALL other workers are alive (and 
>>> kicking) and if a worker isn't kicking it's removed from the 
>>> scheduler_worker table AND all tasks ASSIGNED to it gets redistributed 
>>> among live workers. This in addition to the ticker redistributing tasks 
>>> every once in a while if they're ready to be executed but not executed yet 
>>> (it can, and it does happen, that a worker is busy processing a 
>>> long-running task while there are other tasks ready to be processed (by 
>>> other workers). Every worker gets a fair chance of doing something useful 
>>> instead of sleeping)
>>>
>>> On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 9:02:11 PM UTC+1, Gael Princivalle 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello to all.
>>>>
>>>> I've migrate my webfaction hosting to another webfaction hosting that 
>>>> run CentOS 7 (before it was a previous version of CentOS).
>>>> I was running web2py 2.9.12, now I have web2py 2.12.3.
>>>>
>>>> I've got a strange problem with the scheduler.
>>>>
>>>> Workers are in the db, they run, they are assigned to tasks, but tasks 
>>>> don't run.
>>>> When I've created new workers tasks have not take automatically the 
>>>> worker name. I've put all worker names by myself.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the problem is due to the worker names.
>>>> In the previous hosting they were like that:
>>>> s18060957#14459
>>>>
>>>> And now they have the webserver name:
>>>> web490.webfaction.com#12949
>>>>
>>>> web2py seems to codify the webserver name, but in this new 
>>>> configuration it don't.
>>>> Is it why Scheduler don't run tasks?
>>>> How I can resolve that?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, regards.
>>>>
>>>

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