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If you want to run a cronjob inside the Checkmk site, please follow this short How-To.


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With crontab -l, you will get an overview of all installed crontabs inside the Checkmk site.

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languagebash
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OMD[workshopmysite]:~/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato$ crontab -l
#
# Do not edit this file. It will be recreated each time OMD
# is started or reloaded.
#
# execute 'omd reload crontab'
# to rebuild this file out of /omd/sites/workshopmysite/etc/cron.d/*
#
# --ENVIRONMENT------------------------------------------------
SHELL=/bin/bash
BASH_ENV=/omd/sites/workshopmysite/.profile
OMD_ROOT=/omd/sites/workshopmysite
OMD_SITE=workshopmysite
PATH=/omd/sites/workshopmysite/local/bin:/omd/sites/workshopmysite/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
MAILTO=""
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# /omd/sites/workshopmysite/etc/cron.d/cmk_bulk_notify
# Needed for bulk notifcations.
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  1. Option

    1. create a file below /omd/sites/mysite/etc/cron.d with your new cronjob, e.g. /omd/sites/mysite/etc/cron.d/myjob

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      # My cronjob
      */5 * * * * $OMD_ROOT/local/myjob --params >/dev/null 2>&1


    2. execute 'omd reload crontab' to rebuild this file out of from/omd/sites/workshopmysite/etc/cron.d/*

  2. Option
    1. The second possibility is to create a systemwide cronjob below /etc/cron.d, e.g. /etc/cron.d/myjob. Note the slightly different syntax: the 6th columnn column (after the time settings) requires the user under which this cronjob is executed. Also, the environment variables $OMD_ROOT and such are not available (unless you set them explicitely explicitly in this file):


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