Questions tagged [systemd-timers]
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Why does my systemd timer only trigger once when the unit is a target?
I have a couple of services (static site generators) that I want to trigger on a regular basis from the same systemd timer. I found this question/answer, which covers exactly what I want to do, and describes a setup whereby a .target file that…
Paul
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Is there a system/computational overhead when using AccuracySec=1s in systemd timers
systemd timers by default have 1 minute accuracy, however it is easy to change that with AccuracySec parameter in the timer definition.
I can't find any information related to whether setting accuracy to 1 second or less incurs penalty/overhead when…
oᴉɹǝɥɔ
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Timer not started by userdata command after reboot
Issue description:
On bootup we trigger the service initialization script that is shown below. The script is a part of Instance User Data.
This script copies the necessary service/timer things to systemd folder and starts a timer.
From time to time…
Cjoerg
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Is it possible to use both `After=` and `Before=` options towards the same unit (service) together in systemd service?
The Type=oneshot unit A.service is started hourly by A.timer and it Wants=B.service, but runs Before=B.service. Unit B.service is also Type=oneshot. The requirement here is that their processes should never overlap at run time (oneshot ensures…
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Adding a once off triggering of a systemd timer
I have a systemd timer which runs at 23:00 on Fridays in order to do some batch data processing once a week during low demand times. It is Tuesday, and I would like to test a change I have made, I would like it to start at 23:00 today, so that I can…
Amandasaurus
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DNF-Automatic trigger set to run at unconfigured time
I am configuring dnf-automatic to automatically install security updates on some low priority test boxes. Eventually I want to the updates to run every Sunday morning around 4-5AM, but for testing purposes I've configured the boxes to kick off the…
motorleague
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sleep until this systemd timer calendar time occurs?
systemd has timers with lots of useful ways to input dates or times. I'm writing a long running data processing script. Is there any command to sleep until a specific systemd time definition occurs? e.g. systemd-timer-sleep --until-calendar="03:00",…
Amandasaurus
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Delay systemd timer until conflicting service has finished
I have multiple jobs that should be launched periodically by a systemd timer. The jobs are mutually exclusive - if one job was to be run while another one is still running, one of the jobs might produce invalid results or even crash. Because of this…
Manuel
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How to troubleshoot Ubuntu Certbot cron/timer?
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
and have installed certbot via apt-get
My issue is that it is the second time that certificates…
Kristi Jorgji
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Run two scripts one after another with a systemd service
I have two scripts, what I would like to do is:
at 1am, the first one runs
once the first one stops, and this is a condition, the second one fires
So, should i use:
[Service]
ExecStartPre = script.py
ExecStart = secondscript.py
or
[Service]
Type…
CrazyRabbit
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Systemd timer triggered after suspend despite persistent=false?
I cannot understand how systemd timers are supposed to behave when the host is suspended:
Here is a simple service: foo.service
[Unit]
Description=Test timer
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=echo "TEST TIMER"
And the corresponding timer:…
