Is there a way implement delays when restarting services?

Question

I am running a software called elasticsearch. When restarting it a new instance sometimes comes up before the old one has fully died and it causes a lot of problems. Is there a way to have restarts shut down a process wait a few seconds and then start the service back up again?

Vishal Jadav · Answer

Hi kevin I can give you a work around of this situation. When application restarts run an Executable in background (hidden) which will check whether APPLICATION / SERVICE is still running or not and it keeps on checking till it finds stopped. Then run your app again when not found and close this background app saliently. Hope it helps. Thanks