Manual:System/Watchdog
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Applies to RouterOS: v3, v4 +
Summary
This menu allows to configure system to reboot, when an specific IP address does not respond, or when it detects, that the software has locked up. The detection is done in two ways:
- Software watchdog timer (mostly caused by hardware malfunction) device can recover itself with reboot.
- Ping watchdog can monitor connectivity to an specific IP address and trigger reboot function.
Properties
Sub-menu: /system watchdog
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| watch-address (IP; Default: none) | The system will reboot, in case 6 sequential pings to the given IP address will fail. If set to none this feature is disabled. By default router will reboot every 6 minutes if watch-address is set and not reachable. |
| watchdog-timer (yes | no; Default: yes) | Whether to reboot if system is unresponsive for a minute |
| no-ping-delay (time; Default: 5m) | Specifies how long will it wait before trying to reach the watch-address. |
| ping-timeout (time; Default: 60s) | Specifies the time interval in which the device will be pinged 6 times (after "no-ping-delay"). |
| automatic-supout (yes | no; Default: yes) | When software failure happens, a file named "autosupout.rif" is generated automatically. The previous "autosupout.rif" file is renamed to "autosupout.old.rif" |
| auto-send-supout (yes | no; Default: no) | After the support output file is automatically generated, it can be sent by email |
| send-email-from (string; Default: ) | e-mail address to send the support output file from. If not set, the value set in /tool e-mail is used |
| send-email-to (string; Default: ) | e-mail address to send the support output file to. |
| send-smtp-server (string; Default: ) | SMTP server address to send the support output file through. If not set, the value set in /tool e-mail is used. |
Basic examples
To make system generate a support output file and sent it automatically to support@example.com throught the 192.0.2.1in case of a software crash:
[admin@MikroTik] system watchdog> set auto-send-supout=yes \
\... send-to-email=support@example.com send-smtp-server=192.0.2.1
[admin@MikroTik] system watchdog> print
watch-address: none
watchdog-timer: yes
no-ping-delay: 5m
automatic-supout: yes
auto-send-supout: yes
send-smtp-server: 192.0.2.1
send-email-to: support@example.com
[admin@MikroTik] system watchdog>
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