Hi Elijah, Thanks very much for checking that out – I'll give it a crack and see! :)
Cheers, Dave -- Dave Koelmeyer http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz GPG Key ID: 0x238BFF87 On 26/01/16 13:07, Elijah Zupancic wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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 >> > > > > > -- > -Elijah > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/23736974-7f4d7ff8> > | Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- 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
