Questions tagged [systemd-timer]
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systemd activates unit ran by timer upon changing the OnCalendar directive
I have a systemd timer setup with this OnCalendar value:
OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:35:00
Upon changing it to
OnCalendar=*-*-* 06:35:00
And running systemctl daemon-reload to reload the configratuion ...
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Systemd service fired by a timer doesn't always execute its program
We have a server running a bunch of cron jobs which we wanted to move to systemd timers. In the process of creating the .service and .timer files, I came across this bug on CentOS (which we are using)....
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rsync command doesn't work when run as a systemd service
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I am trying to set up a systemd timer to regularly backup a directory using the rsync command. I made an rsync command that works when run manually in a terminal, but it doesn't work ...
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Systemd timer will not fire
I have a timer that is literally this:
foobar.service:
[Unit]
Description=Timer Test
Requires=rsyslog.service # rsyslog is an active local service.
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/...
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systemd-poweroff.timer fails to shut down machine
I have a Timer file systemd-poweroff.timer that is supposed to shut down a machine at 3am.
[Unit]
Description=Halt machine at 3am
[Timer]
OnCalendar=3:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers....
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Setting a property on a systemd timer unit
I have been using the crontab for some time, but I'm entirely new to managing timer units through systemctl. I have been a CentOS 5/6/7 user, and now I want to move to 8, which has undergone a massive ...
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How to continuously run a script with systemd
I wrote a very simple script (checkaudio.sh) that publishes a message from a file on a mqtt topic. I would like the script to run continuously (I would be happy even with every second). I first tried ...
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Running a systemd service everyday, not at a specific time
Specifying daily as the OnCalendar attributes makes a service run at 00:00 everyday.
Is it possible to specify a minimum execution interval, like 6 hours, for a systemd timer, so that it will be ...
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systemd timer: enable service for specific time ranges only
Say I want a a program to be active between 12:00h and 13:00h on a desktop machine (i.e. if PC is on at either time cannot be guaranteed). I'll assume I can use systemd units for this.
Starting ...
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Embedded Linux - Constant Loop time
I am using a Colibri iMX6 DualLite SoM from Toradex. It is based on a multicore ARM Cortex™A9 processor. I'm running an Embedded Linux distribution provided by toradex in it. We are developing a ...
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Restart systemd .service with .timer unit
I have the following systemd myscript.service unit that executes an script:
[Unit]
Description=MyScript
Wants=time-sync.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=true
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/...
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Systemd unit fails to start after restart of server
I have a rather strange situation where an unit fails to start after a restart of the server. To me the issue seems to be caused by the fact that SystemD tries to stop (!) the service before it starts ...
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Stop systemd-run after a set time
My question is similar to Start/stop a systemd.service at specific times, but deals with one-off processes scheduled with systemd-run rather than systemd timer files. I want to record fm transmissions ...
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systemd timer runs more than once per period even with persistent=false
I have a unit that normally I want running, but sometimes I want to manually shut it off for the day and restart it later automatically. So I have a timer to restart it OnCalendar=daily. This works, ...
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Systemd: Wait Until Service Is Inactive
The foo.service (which is oneshot type) is regularly activated by foo.timer and then runs for some time.
The bar command must not be runed while foo.service is active. So, before running bar, which ...
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How the keyword `After` works in systemd service?
I have prepared two services a.service and b.service. The a.service run using a.timer.
a.service
[Unit]
Description=service a
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=...
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Set systemd timer to an odd and specific number of days
I'm using systemd.timers on CentOS 7 server and have a timer set to automatically renew Certbot-managed Let's Encrypt website certificate.
autorenewal.service:
[Unit]
Description=certbot certificate ...
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Make calendar systemd timers run after boot if the machine was powered off
I'm using a Laptop with GNU/Linux and I would like certain jobs to run automatically on certain calendar events even if the machine was off.
I understand I should use the OnCalendar= directive but ...
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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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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 ...
