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I want to override the certbot timer on Debian 12. I want to start it at 04:00 CET ( 02:00 UTC ) I have created /etc/systemd/system/certbot.timer.d/override.conf ### Editing /etc/systemd/system/...
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I was looking to get the exact formula that systemd uses for providing output such as this: systemctl list-timers my NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ...
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I am writing a program that I would like to have the ability to schedule an action. This would work similar to the the TIME option in shutdown, where the user specifies a time and that information ...
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Bit of a funny question: I have a systemd service where it is important that it actually executes (or fails) a fixed time after it is started. My understanding is that once Linux calls start on the ...
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I've written a short script to copy and encrypt my home dir for backup. I do this using gpg --symmetric I call this from my backup.service file, and it works fine: when I run systemctl --user start ...
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I have this timer: $ systemctl cat ansible-pull.timer # /etc/systemd/system/ansible-pull.timer [Unit] Description=Starts ansible-pull Requires=ansible-pull.service [Timer] OnStartupSec=10min ...
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I wanted to run a service that runs once per day (exact time of day is not important right now). My interpretation of OnUnitInactiveSec= defines a timer relative to when the unit the timer is ...
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I have a service that runs a python script: [Unit] Description="Daily python service" [Service] WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/python_project/ ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c 'truncate -s 0 /var/...
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(x-mas.service) [Unit] Description=Celebrate X-Mas [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/sbin/x-mas-day [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target (x-mas.timer) [Unit] Description=Add "X-Mas" to ...
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Abstracted example: I have two recurring tasks A and B that I want to setup as systemd services. As the tasks are quite similar to each other, I am using a template [email protected]; A and B will be ...
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I use the i3 window manager and every day of remote work I would like to run a script that is responsible for setting up my monitors. On Tuesdays, I work onsite, then I'll want to run another script. ...
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I've set up a systemd timer to trigger a service every minute on Ubuntu 22.04, but I'm encountering an issue where the execution time of the service significantly increases after the first run. The ...
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I have a Golang binary that runs every 5 mins. It is supposed to create & update a text file which needs to be write restricted. To run this binary I created a systemd service and a systemd timer ...
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systemd 219 version Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS [Unit] Description=Run myscript.service every 5 minutes [Timer] OnCalendar= *-*-* 10-23:10/5:00 Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.target I need to run ...
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When we issue "systemctl status", we usually get in the output, a line showing the status and for how long it has been in that status. Like: (I issued that few minutes ago) Active: active (...
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