From e604ab03f9f16c718706f5363b2e8b468c36406c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Knut Ahlers <knut@ahlers.me>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 19:18:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Programmatically work around bricked pending-queue

Signed-off-by: Knut Ahlers <knut@ahlers.me>
---
 tasks/main.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 7b59a0d..81f2699 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@
       Requires=network-online.target
 
       [Service]
+      # Workaround: This file gets corrupted on unclean exit and then bricks the process
+      ExecStartPre=-/bin/rm /var/lib/journalbeat/.journalbeat-pending-queue
+
       ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/journalbeat \
                   -c /etc/journalbeat.yaml \
                   -path.home /var/lib/journalbeat \
                   -path.logs /var/log
+
       Restart=on-failure
       RestartSec=5
       WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/journalbeat