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="%myadmin@repo.ac.za%"


# Item counts
@hourly		/home/dspace/bin/dspace itemcounter

# SOLR stats update
@hourly		/home/dspace/bin/dspace stats-util -f
@hourly		/home/dspace/bin/dspace stats-util -i
@daily		/home/dspace/bin/dspace stats-util -u
@daily		/home/dspace/bin/dspace stats-util -m

# SOLR discovery update
@daily          /home/dspace/bin/dspace update-discovery-index -o
@weekly         /home/dspace/bin/dspace update-discovery-index -b -f
@monthly        /home/dspace/bin/dspace update-discovery-index -c

# Bitstream checksums update
@weekly         /home/dspace/bin/dspace checker -u -d2h -p
@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 stat analyses 
10 1 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace stat-general
20 1 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace stat-monthly

# Run stat analyses reports
10 2 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace stat-report-general
20 2 * * * /home/dspace/bin/dspace stat-report-monthly

# 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 %myadmin@repo.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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