Restart daily

[HolgerM1]

Hi,
Great Stuff! Can anybody give me a hint how to use crontab to set up daily restarts of the script? I don't have much experience with linux, sorry. I'm running docker on an Ubuntu VM.

Thanks!

[vogler]

Run crontab -e to edit your cronjobs and add

#  m h  dom mon dow command
  55 19 *   *   *   docker run --rm -p 6080:6080 -v fgc:/fgc/data --pull=always ghcr.io/vogler/free-games-claimer

which will run it every day at 19:55.

Note that the scheduled command does not include -it which is only needed for the initial login prompts.

[HolgerM1]

thank you very much!

[HolgerM1]

May I ask another question on that issue?!
I tried this:

leading to this:

What am I doing wrong?

[vogler]

Ah, try dropping -it. It's only needed for the login prompts.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/run/

[HolgerM1]

Thanks again, I meanwhile found this:
https://ismailyenigul.medium.com/docker-error-in-crontab-the-input-device-is-not-a-tty-7280cc42cf19
and this
https://www.dennisotugo.com/fix-the-input-device-is-not-a-tty-docker/

I was not sure which solution was correct -i or --tty. Can I just leave it blank?

[vogler]

Yes, just remove -it since you don't need to interact with it while it's running.

[TRusselo]

editing CRON on unraid systems is not advised.
it does not survive reboot.

on Unraid, it is recommended to use "user scripts" plugin

[osnapitsjoey]

should I use the same command up above?

[rorar]

Using the Plugin "User Scripts", adding a daily schedule and the following command:
docker start free-games-claimer
should do the trick.

[HolgerM1]

It'r running on an Proxmox server?!

[vogler]

Idk, why shouldn't it?

[frdmn]

If you are working with a compose.yml file, you can the following crontab instead:

55 19 *   *   *   docker compose -f /opt/docker/epic-claimer/compose.yml up -d

[K2ouMais]

If you want to run it from a docker-compose.yml file, this is the best approach.

Open the user crontab with crontab -e and insert the following line at the very end of the crontab.

30 17 * * * docker compose -f ~/.projects/free-games-claimer/docker-compose.yml run --rm free-games-claimer

It will start every day the container at 17:30 and remove the running container afterwards.

Edit the path to your docker-compose.yml file and you are good to go.

[osnapitsjoey]

Well I already have the docker installed, so could I just point the path to my already installed one? Because if I don't it seems to install another instance

…

On Tue, May 30, 2023, 1:34 PM João Alves ***@***.***> wrote: If you want to run it from a docker-compose.yml file, this is the best approach. 30 17 * * * docker compose -f ~/.projects/free-games-claimer/docker-compose.yml run --rm free-games-claimer It will start every day the container at 17:30. Edit the path to your docker-compose.yml file and you are good to go. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#56 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA2JRJSSCO7XVV53MXEDEWTXIYVUDANCNFSM6AAAAAAUX7TVSY> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[vogler]

I don't get what you're asking. Do you want to use docker compose? If so, run it in the path where your docker-compose.yml is or supply its path like mentioned with -f .... The image will only be downloaded once, no matter for how many containers you use it.

If you have no specific reason for using docker compose, you can just use docker run like mentioned in my marked response.

[osnapitsjoey]

sorry for the late reply. no I want to run this via userscripts. im assuming i just place " 55 19 * * * docker run --rm -p 6080:6080 -v path/to/fgc
"
and call it a day?

[Stooovie]

I do have FGC working, I do have properly set cron:
55 19 * * * docker run --rm -p 6080:6080 -v fgc:/fgc/data --pull=always ghcr.io/vogler/free-games-claimer bash -c "node epic-games.js; node gog.js"
yet the script doesn't run every day for some reason and I don't know how to investigate further. Every time I run it manually, it requires logging again into Epic. Running in a proxmox lxc.

[vogler]

Did you use crontab -e? It only updates on exit. Try writing a line to a log file via a cronjob, then try it with your docker run command. Check the log if it doesn't work.

Every time I run it manually, it requires logging again into Epic.

Are you sure that nothing is deleting your fgc volume? Maybe running docker prune or some other cleanup in Docker Desktop?

[mgrimace]

If you're using compose, and you want the daily scheduling to be self-contained (i.e., no cron), this compose appears to work for me. I'm currently testing, but I set it yesterday and it claimed a game for me today:

services:
  free-games-claimer:
    container_name: fgc
    image: ghcr.io/vogler/free-games-claimer
    build: .  
    ports:
      - 6080:6080
    environment:
      - TZ=America/Toronto
    env_file:
      - /opt/appdata/fgc/.secrets.env
    volumes:
      - /opt/appdata/fgc:/fgc/data #your config file location
    command: bash -c "node prime-gaming; node gog; echo sleeping; sleep 1d; docker restart fgc" #add node epic; if you want to try epic again
    restart: unless-stopped