The script that will execute automatically is located at /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run-cron.
Access your container at http://localhost:8443/, then in the GUI terminal run these commands:
echo '#!/bin/bash' > /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "echo 'Cron started, running ytdl-sub...'" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "cd /config/ytdl-sub-configs" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "ytdl-sub --config=config.yaml sub subscriptions.yaml" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chmod +x /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chown abc:abc /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
You can test the newly created script by running:
/config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
To create the cron definition, run the following command:
echo "# min hour day month weekday command" > /config/crontabs/abc
echo " 0 */6 * * * /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron" >> /config/crontabs/abc
This will run the script every 6 hours. To run every hour, change */6 to */1, or to run once a day, change the same value to the hour (in 24hr format) that you want it to run at. See the cron tab manpage for more options.
The first step is to ensure you have LinuxServer’s Universal Cron mod enabled via the environment variable. For the GUI image, this is already included (no need to add it).
services:
ytdl-sub:
image: ghcr.io/jmbannon/ytdl-sub:latest
container_name: ytdl-sub
environment:
- PUID=1000
- PGID=1000
- TZ=America/Los_Angeles
- DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:universal-cron # <-- Make sure you have this!
volumes:
# ensure directories have user permissions
- </path/to/ytdl-sub/config>:/config
- </path/to/ytdl-sub/tv_shows>:/tv_shows
restart: unless-stopped
This line will tell your container to install and enable cron on start.
If you had to add this line, you will need to restart your container.
The script that will execute automatically is located at /config/run-cron.
Access your container from the terminal by running:
docker exec -itu abc ytdl-sub /bin/bash
then in the terminal run these commands:
echo '#!/bin/bash' > /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "echo 'Cron started, running ytdl-sub...'" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "cd /config/ytdl-sub-configs" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
echo "ytdl-sub --config=config.yaml sub subscriptions.yaml" >> /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chmod +x /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
chown abc:abc /config/ytdl-sub-configs/run_cron
You can test the newly created script by running:
To create the cron definition, run the following command:
echo "# min hour day month weekday command" > /config/crontabs/abc
echo " 0 */6 * * * /config/run_cron" >> /config/crontabs/abc
This will run the script every 6 hours. To run every hour, change */6 to */1, or to run once a day, change the same value to the hour (in 24hr format) that you want it to run at. See the cron tab manpage for more options.