Create cronjob inside the Checkmk site

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

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

OMD[workshop]:~/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/workshop/etc/cron.d/*
#
# --ENVIRONMENT------------------------------------------------
SHELL=/bin/bash
BASH_ENV=/omd/sites/workshop/.profile
OMD_ROOT=/omd/sites/workshop
OMD_SITE=workshop
PATH=/omd/sites/workshop/local/bin:/omd/sites/workshop/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
MAILTO=""
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# /omd/sites/workshop/etc/cron.d/cmk_bulk_notify
# Needed for bulk notifcations.
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Step-by-step guide

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


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

      


   2. execute 'omd reload crontab' to rebuild this file out of /omd/sites/workshop/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 (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 in this file):

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