A couple other tweaks.

packetserver/runner/__init__.py

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ class Orchestrator:
         self.runners = []
         self.runner_lock = Lock()
         self.listeners = []
+        self.started: bool = False
 
     def get_finished_runners(self) -> list[Runner]:
         return [r for r in self.runners if r.is_finished()]
@@ -195,8 +196,10 @@ class Orchestrator:
 
     def start(self):
         """Do any setup and then be ready to operate"""
+        self.started = True
         pass
 
     def stop(self):
         """Do any cleanup needed."""
+        self.started = False
         pass

packetserver/runner/podman.py

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ class PodmanRunner(Runner):
 class PodmanOrchestrator(Orchestrator):
     def __init__(self, uri: Optional[str] = None, options: Optional[PodmanOptions] = None):
         super().__init__()
-        self.started = False
         self.user_containers = {}
         self.manager_thread = None
         self._client = None

packetserver/server/__init__.py

@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ class Server:
             self.ping_job_queue()
         if (self.orchestrator is not None) and self.orchestrator.started and self.check_job_queue:
             with self.db.transaction() as storage:
+                if 'job_check_interval' in storage.root.config:
+                    try:
+                        self.job_check_interval = int(storage.root.config['job_check_interval'])
+                    except:
+                        logging.warning(f"Invalid config value for 'job_check_interval'")
                 # queue as many jobs as possible
                 while self.orchestrator.runners_available():
                     if len(storage.root.job_queue) > 0: