From 5ca106d107cdd279330edd80017d0c51a5440bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhamad Azamy <muhamad@incubaid.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:12:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make sure to pkill rmb before starting

---
 cmds/modules/noded/twin.go | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmds/modules/noded/twin.go b/cmds/modules/noded/twin.go
index ef4d93c30..9222a42b5 100644
--- a/cmds/modules/noded/twin.go
+++ b/cmds/modules/noded/twin.go
@@ -38,7 +38,17 @@ func withDefaultPort(substrateUrl string) (string, error) {
 	return u.String(), nil
 }
 
+func pkill(ps string) error {
+	return exec.Command("pkill", "-9", ps).Run()
+}
+
 func runMsgBus(ctx context.Context, sk ed25519.PrivateKey, substrateURLs []string, relayAddr []string, redisAddr string) error {
+	// todo: this is a hack to make sure that no other rmb instances running on the node
+	// that are not managed by noded. I only saw this one time but no harm of being careful
+	if err := pkill("rmb"); err != nil {
+		log.Debug().Err(err).Msg("no rmb processes killed")
+	}
+
 	// select the first one as only one URL is set for now
 	if len(substrateURLs) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("at least one substrate URL must be provided")