Question: Should the tcp client reconnect?

[bitkid]

riemannClient = RiemannClient.tcp(ipAddress, clientPort);
riemannReporter = RiemannReporter.forRegistry(metrics)
.localHost(hostInfo.hostName.split(".")[0] + "." + hostInfo.datacenter)
.prefixedWith(getReporterPrefix(hostInfo.hostName))
.tags(Arrays.asList("check", "proto", "graph"))
.useSeparator(".")
.convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
.convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.build(new Riemann(riemannClient));
riemannReporter.start(reportingIntervalMillis, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);

that's how we initialise the client. with this configuration .. should the client reconnect if the riemann server goes down and comes up again? It seems to me that it does not.

Thanks, Sascha!

[aphyr]

It does automatically reconnect, but it looks like you might be missing a call to client.connect in the first place?

[christophsturm]

the reporter calls client connect anytime it sends something, so calling connect does not seem necessary.