How do I restart the tunnel connection client?

Note: The Connection Client has been deprecated for new connections. If your connection was created after mid-2015, you are likely using autossh instead. View autossh documentation.

The tunnel client can be restarted by logging on to the database server and running the following:

crontab -l

The results of ‘crontab -l’ should list a command used to start the Chartio client. For example:

@reboot /usr/local/bin/chartio_connect -d --prefix=/home/username/instance

If this entry exists run the following to terminate any running connections:

pkill chartio_connect

Then copy the command from crontab without ‘@reboot’ and run it from the command line:

/usr/local/bin/chartio_connect -d --prefix=/home/username/instance

If restarting the client doesn’t fix your connection, try the steps below.

Run the following to terminate any running connections:

pkill chartio_connect

Then, run the commands to start the Chartio client without the daemon option (-d). For example, if crontab -l gives:

@reboot /usr/local/bin/chartio_connect -d --prefix=/home/username/instance

Then run the following for each instance:

/usr/local/bin/chartio_connect --prefix=/home/username/instance

It may prompt you to confirm you want to connect with the current version/ssh key. If it does, answer yes.

Then, kill the processes again using pkill chartio_connect and restart them in daemon mode (with the -d prefix).

If this becomes a recurring issue, please email support@chartio.com and include the chartio_connect.log file. It will be located in the logs subdirectory of your installation path.

For example: /home/username/instance/logs