[Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?

Phillip Ponchot pponchot at live.com
Tue Jul 8 09:29:01 NZST 2014 

Thanks for sticking with me.  Sometimes I can be a little dense.  I see the koha jobs in cron.daily and realize based on the info that you've given me that I don't have to setup the cron jobs.  I'm a little relieved that I don't - smile. 

Thanks everyone for your help.  Thank you especially Tomas. 

Phillip

Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 17:45:32 -0300
Subject: Re: [Koha] Crontab - is that one tabs used to open beer cans?
From: tomascohen at gmail.com
To: chrisc at catalyst.net.nz
CC: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz; pponchot at live.com; mtompset at hotmail.com

+1
El jul 7, 2014 4:57 PM, "Chris Cormack" <chrisc at catalyst.net.nz> escribió:

Don't touch anything. Seriously.



If you have a packaged install, it's all been done. Look in cron.d, cron.daily etc all the jobs have been set up.



Chris



On 8 July 2014 7:17:29 am NZST, Phillip Ponchot <pponchot at live.com> wrote:

>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:

>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

># /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

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>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?

>

>

>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>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

>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>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

>> > Catalyst IT Ltd.

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