client-kill enhancement to tell the client to try next remote

aivanise

As far as I can tell from the source (someone please tell me otherwise), it is not possible in the management interface to tell the client what to do after it receives client-kill

I would like to be able send the same parameter that the sever sends to all clients when it restarts and explicit-exit-notify is set, but to individual clients, i.e.

client-kill id RESTART [P] - reconnect to the same server
client-kill id RESTART [N] - reconnect to the next server

that way I can manually rebalance my servers and/or keep clients away from expensive lines (e.g. backup metered LTE) without having to restart the server (thus kicking out everyone) or firewalling off the IPs (cumbersome and error prone, bad UX as client still tries dead IPs and waits).

thank you

TinCanTech

aivanise wrote I would like to be able send the same parameter that the sever sends to all clients when it restarts and explicit-exit-notify is set, but to individual clients, i.e.

client-kill id RESTART [P] - reconnect to the same server
client-kill id RESTART [N] - reconnect to the next server

Would you be prepared to code this ?

aivanise

I can certainly try, but given the fact that I've been an admin and haven't coded anything substantial in the last couple of decades, I can't really guarantee the quality 😉

TinCanTech

If you can spare the time and really want to see this then I recommend you discuss it with the developers first.

Join their IRC channel and talk it through.

aivanise

Heh, started looking into it and discovered that it is already possible, I just didn't get the syntax right, so I'm happy 😉

the correct syntax is comma delimited, no spaces

client-kill id RESTART,[N]

I can submit the documentation enhancement if you want

TinCanTech

Excellent. Yes, all documentation improvements are welcome 8-)

Eric22

I have exactly the same problem. Anyone got a suggestion? This is quiet a common issue , please suggest me if you find any solution for it .

TinCanTech

Eric22 wrote I have exactly the same problem.

What problem ?

Eric22 wrote Anyone got a suggestion?

Read the manual.