OK....so... I have a /etc/cron.daily/koha-common that looks like this:
******************************************************************************** #!/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_notices.pl -t koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/fines.pl koha-foreach --enabled --email /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/ advance_notices.pl -c koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/membership_expiry.pl -c koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/ cancel_expired_holds.pl >/dev/null 2>&1 koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/services_throttle.pl > /dev/null 2>&1 koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/cleanup_database.pl --sessions --zebraqueue 10 --list-invites koha-foreach --enabled --noemail /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/ cleanup_database.pl --mail koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/holds/ auto_unsuspend_holds.pl > /dev/null 2>&1 koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl koha-run-backups --days 2 --output /var/spool/koha ********************************************************************************************* Do I simply wan to add a line: koha-foreach --enabled /usr/sbin/koha-start-zebra to the bottom of the file ?? Will this run the koha-start-zebra command at the appropriate time ?? Or is there a "better" solution ?? On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Barton Chittenden < bar...@bywatersolutions.com> wrote: > For a package install, this is set up in /etc/cron.daily/koha_common; > it uses koha-foreach to call the script for each instance. I think it's > commented out by default; un-commenting it should enable. > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Scott Owen <so...@edzone.net> wrote: > >> So.....if a guy *was* going to add a zebra load line of "koha-start-zebra >> <instance>" to a cron job..... and try to get said job to run daily @ >> 7:55AM >> >> Any suggestions of where/how/what to accomplish this ?? >> >> Is there an existing cron.daily (in the etc dir ?) that I should >> use.....or >> does Koha have it's own crontab/cron settings ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtomp...@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Greetings, >> > >> > If you were going to supplement your issues with a cron job, 6:00am >> > wouldn't >> > fix your problem for a whole day. Since logrotate runs at around >> 7:35AM, it >> > would make more sense to trigger something like around 7:55AM. Sure >> it's 20 >> > minutes of index-less-ness, but you can be assured it will be there. >> > >> > Trying to start zebra again with the appropriate scripts will not cause >> a >> > hiccup. Though, you'll want to redirect output to /dev/null, so you >> don't >> > get flooded with cronjob emails. >> > >> > GPML, >> > Mark Tompsett >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Scott Owen >> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 8:27 AM >> > To: koha >> > Subject: Re: [Koha] search quits working >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I still seem to be having some issues with logrotate and the zebra >> service >> > starting up.... >> > >> > I have tried both of the options discussed in bug # >> > https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16885 >> > >> > (modify postrotate, and modify koha-stop-zebra) >> > >> > In my case, neither (or both) of them seems to be a "reliable" fix. >> > >> > Is there any way I could kludge together some sort of CRON job to reload >> > the zerbra service daily ?? (at say 6:00AM) or would this be a bad >> thing to >> > do ..... ie: if zebra IS running, will trying to load it again cause a >> > major hiccup ?? >> > >> > any other ideas on this ?? With students returning soon, I'd really >> like to >> > get this off my "to-do" list. :-) >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > -S >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Scott Owen <so...@edzone.net> wrote: >> > >> > > Still no joy on this. >> > > >> > > Zebra still seems to not reload correctly. >> > > >> > > my /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra file looks like the following: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > ---------------------------------------------------- >> > > #!/bin/sh >> > > # >> > > # koha-stop-zebra - Stop Zebra for named Koha instances >> > > # 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/ >> >. >> > > >> > > set -e >> > > >> > > # include helper functions >> > > if [ -f "/usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh" ]; then >> > > . "/usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh" >> > > else >> > > echo "Error: /usr/share/koha/bin/koha-functions.sh not present." >> > 1>&2 >> > > exit 1 >> > > fi >> > > >> > > stop_zebra_instance() >> > > { >> > > local instancename=$1 >> > > >> > > local PIDFILE="/var/run/koha/${instancename}/${instancename}- >> > > koha-zebra.pid" >> > > echo "Stopping Zebra server for $instancename" >> > > >> > > if start-stop-daemon --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --stop --quiet >> > > --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5; then >> > > return 0; >> > > else >> > > return 1; >> > > fi >> > > >> > > } >> > > >> > > usage() >> > > { >> > > local scriptname=$0 >> > > cat <<EOF >> > > Stops Zebra for Koha instances. >> > > >> > > Usage: $scriptname instancename1 instancename2... >> > > >> > > EOF >> > > } >> > > >> > > # Parse command line. >> > > #[ $# -ge 1 ] || ( usage ; die "Missing instance name..." ) >> > > >> > > # Loop through the instance names >> > > for name in "$@" >> > > do >> > > if is_instance $name ; then >> > > if is_zebra_running $name; then >> > > if ! stop_zebra_instance $name; then >> > > warn "Something went wrong stopping Zebra for $name." >> > > fi >> > > else >> > > warn "Zebra already stopped for instance $name." >> > > fi >> > > else >> > > warn "Unknown instance $name." >> > > fi >> > > done >> > > >> > > exit 0 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > ------------------------------------------------------ >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Scott Owen <so...@edzone.net> wrote: >> > > >> > >> OK...I tried this, and it seems to have made no difference ? >> > >> >> > >> I'm rebooting the Koha server now, to make sure I have a clean >> > >> start....I'll try letting it sit for a day or two and see how it >> goes. >> > >> >> > >> (Maybe after I made the file changes the system needs a bounce ?) >> > >> >> > >> -S >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtomp...@hotmail.com> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Greetings, >> > >>> >> > >>> And now for the off-list, WRONG way of doing it, because you don’t >> want >> > >>> to limp along. >> > >>> >> > >>> $ sudo cp /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra.Help >> > >>> MeItMessedUp >> > >>> $ sudo nano /usr/sbin/koha-stop-zebra >> > >>> >> > >>> Now your goal is to make the stop_zebra_instance function look >> exactly >> > >>> like the patch lines. >> > >>> >> > >>> stop_zebra_instance() >> > >>> { >> > >>> local instancename=$1 >> > >>> >> > >>> local PIDFILE="/var/run/koha/${insta >> ncename}/${instancename}-koha- >> > >>> zebra.pid" >> > >>> echo "Stopping Zebra server for $instancename" >> > >>> if start-stop-daemon --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --stop --quiet >> > >>> --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5; then >> > >>> return 0; >> > >>> else >> > >>> return 1; >> > >>> fi >> > >>> } >> > >>> >> > >>> Sorry the message sent too early. 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