Questions tagged [systemd-timer]
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How to run systemctl command inside ExecStart?
I am trying to restart all the stale sqlrelay connection services using systemd.timer. Systemd service looks like this:
[Unit]
Description=sqlrelay-state-connection-restart
[Service]
Type=oneshot
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systemd: Retrying a timer
I'm using borgbackup to back up a few systems. They all use the same borgbackup repository. I have written a systemd timer that starts a backup job using borgmatic. I have an Ansible playbook that ...
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Systemd timer is lost after reboot?
I'm working on Fedora 29 x86_64, fully patched. I have a timer and a service. When the timer fires it starts the service. The service runs a script, and the script exits after about 10 seconds.
I can'...
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Systemd timer that runs until success, then enable again the next day
I'm fetching data files from a server owned by someone else. The data files are posted once a day between 6:00 AM and 12:00 Noon. Once I fetch the file for a given day I don't need to check again ...
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Systemd timer and mount not found
I'm trying to set up a systemd time that runs every 4 hours. When the timer fires a script is run to update some data files. I followed systemd timer every 2 hours at 30 minutes past the hour? and ...
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Systemd timer every minute between 09:15 - 17:15 [duplicate]
i need a service to start every minute between 09:15 - 17:15.
Whats the best way to achieve this?
I could make 3 timers, one to start (1) the timer (2) which runs the service every minute and one to ...
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Pipe output of script through Exec in systemd service?
So I'm trying to set up a systemd service in order to launch a set of files on a daily basis (different types of journals) from directories based off the date. For example a todo list for today would ...
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how to take affect the seting on temporary files ( /tmp )
subject - new settings retarding temporary files ( redhat 7.2 )
we set new values on the following configuration files , in order to minimize /tmp capacity
in file:
/lib/systemd/system/systemd-...
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How to make systemd timer run exactly every 10 minutes, with a task that lasts slightly longer than that?
I have a rather annoying issue with systemd timers and drifting start time. I had an old cron.d script (which executed faithfully once every 10 minutes) that I'm trying to modernize. The problem is ...
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How to stop a service before executing an ExecStart entry?
I would like to set up a Timer which will stop a service, execute a script and restart the service.
One of the possibilities is to use
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre=/bin/systemctl stop myservice
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Prevent systemd timer to run on a metered connection
I have a systemd timer that runs every 10 minutes to download my email with offlineimap. The problem is that i sometimes get a big amount of mail, or big attachments, and in the meantime i might be ...
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restart systemd service within a timeframe
I have systemd unit file, I know it can be restarted on failure by providing parameters, like :
Restart=always
RestartSec=90
It will restart after 90 seconds whenever it fails,
But, I want to ...
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temporarily override one of two complementary timers
In order to toggle light and dark color schemes, I've set up two units that run a script that creates a symbolic link to my termite configuration file, when triggered by their respective timers. The ...
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Cannot override systemd timer with specific time [duplicate]
I use systemd-cron which creates unit files under /lib/systemd. The unit file for cron-daily.timer has
[Timer]
OnCalendar=daily
This triggers the scripts at midnight. I want them to trigger at 3am ...
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systemd timer - how to get history of when timer triggered
systemctl status mytimer.timer
Tells me since when it is active and when the next trigger is due. How can I get a list of when the timer triggered in the past?
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Systemd timer run on XX:50
I'm having hard time figure out the format to run every hour on the :50 minute mark.
I've tried:
OnCalendar=00/0:50
But it
Timer unit lacks value setting. Refusing.
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Systemd user timer only runs when logged in [duplicate]
I have as file sync script I want executed periodically every 1 min or so. Since I may need separate instances for different users I run it as a user instead of root.
The issue I have is that it seems ...
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Temporarily stop all systemd timer units
I am writing a script that prepares my Linux system for benchmarking. Among other things I want to stop all systemd timer units, and revert this action afterwards.
In short, I need the equivalent of ...
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Send email periodically with systemd
I'd like to use systemd timers to send emails periodically to remind me of certain things like anniversaries or filing taxes.
I send my regular emails with Mutt; it would be nice if I could reuse ...
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Systemd timer won't start in time
Trying to replace some cron jobs with systemd timers on an ArchLinux installation, I've created a simple timer/service as described here:
[Unit]
Description=Test timer
[Timer]
Persistent=false
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timer with multiple oncalendar moments
I'm using a systemd timer and unit to automatically trigger a backup job. But currently it runs only at one moment in the evening. Is it possible to have it run at multiple moments by declaring it in ...
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Using systemd timer to shut down and start service
I have created a ServiceName.service file.
[Unit]
Description=ServiceName Service
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/<scriptName>.sh
And I have create a ServiceName.timer ...
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How to edit the timer for systemd-tmpfiles-clean?
I'm trying to change the cleanup interval for Apache PrivateTmp files from the default 30 days to 6 hours. I read that to edit the time intervals, I should set up an override file in /etc/tmpfiles.d/...
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Scheduled bash script using systemd timer
I wanted to change my wallpaper periodically and randomly from a folder with pictures.
I used the program "feh" and wrote a little script with bash called wallpaperscript.sh:
#!/bin/bash
files=(/...
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Use systemd-shutdownd schedule
I have multiple Redhat & CentOS 7 servers that are used only during working hours. I am looking into using the systemd-shutdownd service to shut down each machine at 6-30pm on workdays.
Systemd ...
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Systemd Timer every minute on specific hours (using a range of values)
I want a script to run minutely, but stop executing it during the nighttime.
I tried
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05..00:*:00
but that lead to
Failed to parse calendar specification, ignoring: *-*-* 05..00:*:...
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Start service on timer start and each N seconds after
I use OnUnitActive property which will run each N secods using last activation time of service as starting point, but i want it always run once when timer started and use 'OnUnitActive' property after....
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I'm writing a systemd timer. What value should I use for WantedBy?
In various examples, I have seen all of these different choices suggested:
WantedBy=timers.target
WantedBy=multi-user.target
WantedBy=basic.target
WantedBy=default.target
WantedBy=mytimer.target (...
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How to schedule a job as non-root user in CoreOS
I have a script on my CoreOS machine which look like below, that I am using to ssh to multiple nodes from a list and get required details
host_det=$(ssh -Ao StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o BatchMode=yes -...
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How to use systemd special units
I was trying to create a simple(ish) way to detect whether my laptop lid was closed and activate i3lock when it is. I know that this can be done through acpid or other methods, but I wanted to learn ...
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Systemd timer starts using 90% CPU randomly
My laptop doesn't send ACPI discharge events reliably, so I created a Systemd timer and service to periodically poll the battery level and decide if the computer should hibernate. However, some random ...
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systemd timer every 2 hours at 30 minutes past the hour?
There are several good references on systemd timers including this one:
systemd.time
Unfortunately, it still isn't clear to me how to create a timer that will run periodically, but at a specific ...
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systemd: How to run a job both periodically and once at system shutdown?
I want to run a job periodically (e.g., every 5 minutes), and finally once at system shutdown.
Systemd supports timers, which could be used to run a job periodically. It also supports to run a job at ...
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Instruct to execute an unit after completing another unit successfully
I use cloud-config to install and configure DCOS cluster.
Normally agentinstall.service service takes 5 minutes to complete.
Is it possible to instruct to systemd to execute agentconfigure.service ...
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Systemd service not working
I am trying to make a service that sends me a notification every 60 minutes, I made a bash script that does this called hourly.sh, I know that it works becuase I can run it just fine with ./hourly.sh, ...
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systemd timer enabled but status is inactive
How can I get the following timer to start automatically? Right now the timer only works if I do systemctl start while-test.timer. Otherwise, eventhough I enabled the timer, it does not start ...
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“systemctl list-timers” shows last executed dates that are far in the future
When I run systemctl list-timers, the last executed dates are far in the future. For example, this is part of the output:
$ systemctl list-timers
NEXT LEFT ...
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Removing a timer created with “systemd-run --on-calendar”
I've created a systemd job using systemd-run --on-calendar .... Now I'replaced it with proper .timer and .service files. But i'm not able to remove the old one. I can stop it and disable it, but when ...
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How to see what command is being run by a systemd .timer file?
As an example, take the phpsessionclean schedule. The cron.d file for this looks like this:
09,39 * * * * root [ -x /usr/lib/php/sessionclean ] && if [ ! -d /run/systemd/system ]; ...
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systemd timer define 1s excute but leak 5s
everyone , I define a foo.timer to excute foo.service every seconds
my OS version is centos7u2
#systemctl --version
systemd 219
-PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA -APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +...
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systemd run unit on success of another
I converted some cron jobs to systemd.timer units and want to send a mail on each job failure and success.
The excellent ArchLinux wiki page provides information about this and the setup runs ...
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systemd timer starts immediately
I have a systemd timer:
[Unit]
Description=My timer
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
[Timer]
OnBootSec=10min
OnUnitInactiveSec=10min
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
And a ...
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Parse error on systemd timer unit. Is the documentation wrong?
Today I tried to add a systemd timer to run a service at 0100hrs on the 1st Saturday of every month. According to man 7 systemd.timer you can use a pair of full stop characters to specify a range of ...
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Prevent systemd timer from running on startup
I've been migrating my crontabs to systemd's timer units. They all look similar to this:
.timer file:
[Unit]
Description=timer that uses myjob.service
[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00
Unit=myjob....
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Which is the correct way to disable a systemd timer unit?
I've successfully migrated a few of my cron jobs over to systemd. I followed some guides and have taken the standard approach of creating 3 files:
myjob.timer - systemd timer unit
myjob.service - ...
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How to run a script every 5 seconds only when connected to internet
I have a script that updates my google drive. I made a systemd unit to run this script, and a timer that runs the unit every 10 seconds, which both work. However, when I get disconnected from ...
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Systemd timer that expired while suspended
I have created a systemd user timer that expires daily, i.e. at midnight. The problem is that my computer is normally suspended at night. When I wake it up in the morning, I want the timer to trigger, ...
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Periodically running btrfs-scrub
The btrfs-scrub manpage says:
The user is supposed to run it manually or via a periodic system
service. The recommended period is a month but could be less.
For systemd users how is this ...
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Is there a way to know when a systemd timer will run next?
I am testing a systemd timer and trying to override its default timeout, but without success. I'm wondering whether there is a way to ask systemd to tell us when the service is going to be run next.
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Command fails running in Systemd timer script
I have backup script for Mysql that previously ran using CRON without issue. I migrated to using systemd timer. The script starts out deleting the previous weeks files before the copy, using this ...
