Plugin Health Monitoring

SpecLog's plugins are monitored by a watchdog to ensure proper operation (e.g. work item tracking and source control integration).

Configuration

Configure the watchdog in the <appSettings/> element of SpecLog.Server.exe.config:

    <add key="PluginWatchdogSettings" value="1:10:30:true" />

The value attribute has the following format: <refresh time>:<sync activity tolerance>:<sync success tolerance>:<should restart plugin>

• refresh time: Trigger interval (in minutes) for the watchdog
• sync activity tolerance: Period (in minutes), after which the watchdog expects activity from the sync thread of the plugin (the trigger interval of the sync thread is added to this period)
• sync success tolerance: Period (in minutes) that the watchdog expects the sync thread to successfully finish its job within, either (2 * trigger interval + sync activity tolerance) or (trigger interval + sync success tolerance)
• should restart plugin: If false, the watchdog only logs errors and warnings; if true, the watchdog restarts the plugin if errors are detected
• <add key="PluginWatchdogSettings" value="off" /> disables the watchdog entirely