[Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?
Phillip Ponchot
pponchot at live.com
Tue Jul 8 07:17:29 NZST 2014
The old koha was installed as a tarball on the old server so I believe this makes it a source-based. The new koha was installed via a repository. apt-get install koha-common.
I did find in /etc/cron.d a koha-common file. The contents of this file was:
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# /etc/cron.d/koha-common
#
# Call koha-rebuild-zebra for each enabled Koha instance, to make sure the
# Zebra indexes are up to date.
SHELL=/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
*/5 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/koha-rebuild-zebra && koha-rebuild-zebra -q $(koha-list --enabled)
*/15 * * * * root koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/process_message_queue.pl
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also there is a directory in /user/share/koha/bin/cronjobs - are these run by the koha program or do I have to schedule them in a crontab job?
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advance_notices.pl holds
backup.sh import_webservice_batch.pl
batch_anonymise.pl j2a.pl
build_browser_and_cloud.pl longoverdue.pl
cart_to_shelf.pl MARC21_parse_test.pl
check-url.pl overdue_notices.pl
check-url-quick.pl printoverdues.sh
cleanup_database.pl process_message_queue.pl
cloud-kw.pl purge_suggestions.pl
cloud-sample.conf rss
CONFIGURE.gmail runreport.pl
create_koc_db.pl serialsUpdate.pl
crontab.example services_throttle.pl
delete_expired_opac_registrations.pl social_data
delete_patrons.pl staticfines.pl
delete_unverified_opac_registrations.pl thirdparty
fines.pl update_totalissues.pl
gather_print_notices.pl
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I just want to run automatically anything that needs to be done to keep koha up to date.
Thanks
Phillip
> From: mtompset at hotmail.com
> To: pponchot at live.com
> CC: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:00:19 -0400
>
> Greetings,
>
> First, you still did not specify if you were doing a package installation or
> a source-based installation. Which are you doing? If a source-based
> installation, then your hacked up solution is passable, though not optimal.
>
> Second, let's reply to your points:
> > There is a "systems" crontab which ubuntu warns not to change.
>
> You can create crontab jobs at the system level without modifying existing
> ones. Every file placed in the appropriate cron.* directory is its own
> crontab file.
>
>
> > The crontab on the old server is sudo crotab -uroot -e where all the koha
> > cronjobs are setup.
>
> This is a user crontab still. Was the old system a source-based installation
> or was it a packages based installation? If you are finding user crontabs,
> then it likely was a source-based installation. Why do you need to have the
> new system as a source-based install? A package-based installation sets up
> all the crontab jobs you need by default for you already. No crontab job
> tweaks required.
>
> Seriously, please consider a packages based installation:
> http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_ubuntu_-_packages
>
>
> And thirdly and lastly, did you actually go looking for crontab jobs
> manually? Like the following done on a package installation of Koha that we
> are using in production.
>
> $ cd /etc/cron.d
> $ ls -la
> total 20
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 11 17:29 .
> drwxr-xr-x 98 root root 4096 Jul 7 17:39 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 422 Nov 22 2013 koha-common
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Jun 19 2012 .placeholder
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 396 Dec 16 2011 sysstat
> $ cat koha-common
> # /etc/cron.d/koha-common
> #
> # Call koha-rebuild-zebra for each enabled Koha instance, to make sure the
> # Zebra indexes are up to date.
>
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>
> */5 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/koha-rebuild-zebra &&
> koha-rebuild-zebra -q $(koha-list --enabled)
> */15 * * * * root koha-foreach --enabled --email
> /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/process_message_queue.pl
> $ cd ../cron.daily
> $ ls -la
> total 84
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 11:55 .
> drwxr-xr-x 98 root root 4096 Jul 7 17:39 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 633 Jul 12 2013 apache2
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 219 Apr 10 2012 apport
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15399 Jul 16 2013 apt
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 314 Apr 18 2013 aptitude
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 502 Mar 31 2012 bsdmainutils
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 256 Jan 7 2013 dpkg
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1410 Nov 22 2013 koha-common
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 372 Oct 4 2011 logrotate
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1365 Dec 28 2012 man-db
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 606 Aug 17 2011 mlocate
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 249 Sep 12 2012 passwd
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Jun 19 2012 .placeholder
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2417 Jul 1 2011 popularity-contest
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2947 Jun 19 2012 standard
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 469 Dec 16 2011 sysstat
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Sep 10 2012 update-notifier-common
> $ cat koha-common
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/cron.daily/koha-common -- Daily housekeeping tasks for all Kohas.
> # Copyright 2010 Catalyst IT, Ltd
> #
> # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> # (at your option) any later version.
> #
> # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> # GNU General Public License for more details.
> #
> # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>
> koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/overdue_noticest
> koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/fines.pl
> koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/advance_noticesc
> koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/cancel_expired_hol
> >/dev/null 2>&1
> koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/services_throttle.pl >
> null 2>&1
> koha-foreach --enabled
> /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/cleanup_database.pl --sns --zebraqueue 10
> koha-foreach --enabled --noemail
> /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/cleanup_databl --mail
> koha-run-backups --days 2 --output /var/spool/koha
> $ cd ../cron.hourly
> $ ls -la
> total 16
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 11 17:29 .
> drwxr-xr-x 98 root root 4096 Jul 7 17:39 ..
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 840 Nov 22 2013 koha-common
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102 Jun 19 2012 .placeholder
> $ cat koha-common
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/cron.hourly/koha-common -- Hourly housekeeping tasks for all Kohas.
> # Copyright 2010 Catalyst IT, Ltd
> #
> # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
> # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
> # (at your option) any later version.
> #
> # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> # GNU General Public License for more details.
> #
> # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>
>
> koha-foreach --enabled
> /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/build_holds_queue.pl
>
> And checking out cron.monthly and cron.weekly failed to find a koha-common
> file.
>
> And by the way, running a zebra process twice for the same instance is a bad
> thing to do. So please check /etc/cron.* before you use what was suggested
> by Vashil Patil.
>
> GPML,
> Mark Tompsett
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Ponchot
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 1:21 PM
> To: Robin Sheat
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?
>
> There is a "systems" crontab which ubuntu warns not to change. The crontab
> on the old server is sudo crotab -uroot -e where all the koha cronjobs are
> setup. When I run this command on the new server there's info about the
> crontab but there are no jobs in the crontab so I guess I'll have to create
> them to get koha to run properly.
>
> Thanks for your help. Phillip
>
> > From: robin at catalyst.net.nz
> > To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:14:40 +1200
> > Subject: Re: [Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?
> >
> > Phillip Ponchot schreef op zo 06-07-2014 om 21:09 [-0700]:
> > > Thank you so much. Its easier to use one that is already built than
> > > to spend hours trying to build the crontab. I appreciate you're
> > > sharing. Phillip
> >
> > Go with what Mark said to start with: you're viewing the user crontab
> > when you use crontab -e, and that's most likely not what you want.
> >
> > The Koha-specific one lives in /etc/crontab or as a file
> > within /etc/crontab.d.
> >
> > --
> > Robin Sheat
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