Fixing crond issues #945 and #965

back/cron_script.sh

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ LOG_FILE="${INSTALL_DIR}/log/execution_queue.log"
 
 # Check if there are any entries with cron_restart_backend
 if grep -q "cron_restart_backend" "$LOG_FILE"; then
-  # Kill all python processes (restart handled by s6 overlay)
-  pkill -f "python " && echo 'done'
+  # Restart python application using s6
+  s6-svc -r /var/run/s6-rc/servicedirs/netalertx
+  echo 'done'
 
   # Remove all lines containing cron_restart_backend from the log file
   sed -i '/cron_restart_backend/d' "$LOG_FILE"