Hi Dave, I've attempted to reproduce your steps with a few variations:
Using the following: - Ubuntu Image: 14.04 - Image Version: 20151005 - Platform Image: 20160125T130244 I was able to get cron to run correctly. My cron output was: aws-cli/1.10.0 Python/2.7.6 Linux/3.13.0 botocore/1.3.22 0 You may want to upgrade the Ubuntu image you are using. Also verify that you are using the latest version of the platform image. I hope I was able to help. Thanks, Elijah On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Dave Koelmeyer < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Elijah, > > Apologies for the delay. The problem I am encountering is seemingly a very > simple one: I cannot for the life of me get any of the AWS CLI commands to > run as a cron job on my container-native Ubuntu instance. I have spun up an > Ubuntu KVM also on the JPC specifically to troubleshoot this, and there is > no such problem when running the same commands. > > Testing this is easy – one does not even have to run any S3 sync commands, > a simple version check will suffice. I'd be interested to see if this can > be reproduced at all. > > The problematic system is configured as follows: > > - Image: ubuntu-14.04 > - Image version: 20151005 > - Package: g3-standard-0.5-smartos > > There is no heavy customisation at all in place. > > Download, unzip and install the AWS CLI utilities, for example: > > wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-cli/awscli-bundle.zip > unzip awscli-bundle.zip > sudo ./awscli-bundle/install -i /usr/local/aws -b /usr/local/bin/aws > > > Verify that the command can be executed on the CLI: > > /usr/local/bin/aws --version > aws-cli/1.9.17 Python/2.7.6 Linux/3.13.0 botocore/1.3.17 > > Now, create a simple shell script with the following: > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/local/bin/aws --version >> /root/awstest.txt 2>&1 > echo $? >> /root/awstest.txt > exit 0 > > Add it to the root user's crontab using a recurrence which suits, for > example: > > */1 * * * * /root/awstest.sh > > And observe the logged output: > > Child exited > 145 > > > Now, the instance where this runs successfully: > > - Image: ubuntu-certified-14.04 > - Image version: 20150708 > - Package: g3-standard-0.5-kvm > > > Following the exact same procedure as documented above, the command runs > just fine on the KVM instance. The same is true for S3 sync commands > configured in a cron job. AWS CLI commands run fine on the CLI on the > container-native instance, but anything set in a cron job fails. > > This could well be a cron configuration step I've missed on my part, but > I've tried all manner of setting variables and so on, with no change in > behaviour. I would have thought at any rate that configuration would not > differ between the container-native instance and the KVM instance. Any > light you could shed on this would be great. > > Cheers, > Dave > > On 22/01/16 06:47, Elijah Zupancic wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > Just to clear up any potential ambiguity, can you provide a link to the > AWS SDK in question and an example of using the S3 utility? > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 3:40 AM Dave Koelmeyer < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm in need of a sanity check please. Is anyone here performing backup >> syncs to Amazon S3 via the AWS CLI on a container-native Ubuntu image >> (the "ubuntu-14.04" image in this case)? Specifically, with the relevant >> AWS CLI commands specified in a crontab file. If so can someone please >> confirm it works for them, if not, would anyone then be interested in >> helping with a brief test to eliminate the possibility I've run into >> some highly obscure bug? >> >> (I'm using the Joyent Public Cloud but their support forums seem to have >> disappeared...) >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> -- >> Dave Koelmeyer >> http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz >> GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 >> >> >> >> http://www.listbox.com >> > > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/27862676-98b28ad9> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- -Elijah ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
