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: mtomp...@hotmail.com > To: pponc...@live.com > CC: koha@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@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: ro...@catalyst.net.nz > > To: koha@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. > > ✆ +64 4 803 2204 > > GPG: 5FA7 4B49 1E4D CAA4 4C38 8505 77F5 B724 F871 3BDF > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha