SUNScholar/Daily Admin

This procedure assumes that you have used the three step process to install DSpace.

Login

Login in as the DSpace user.

Crontab

Edit the crontab, by typing the following in a terminal:

crontab -e

Add the following lines:

# m h  dom mon dow   command
MAILTO="%myemail@my.edu.ac.za%"

@hourly         /home/dspace/bin/dspace itemcounter
@hourly         /home/dspace/bin/dspace stats-util -f -i
@daily          /home/dspace/bin/dspace update-discovery-index
@weekly         /home/dspace/bin/dspace checker-emailer -a
@monthly        /home/dspace/bin/dspace cleanup

# Check for lifted embargos
10 0 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace embargo-lifter

# Send out subscription e-mails
0 1 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace sub-daily

# Run the media filter
@weekly    /home/dspace/bin/dspace filter-media

# Index items
0 3 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace index-update

# Generate sitemaps
0 6 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace generate-sitemaps

Replace %myemail@my.edu.ac.za% with the email address of the person to receive admin email.

Help

• http://www.dspace.org/1_6_2Documentation/ch03.html#N10A98
• http://adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference
• http://dspace.2283337.n4.nabble.com/DSpace-1-7-and-cron-tasks-td3389488.html

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