SUNScholar/Daily Admin/3.X

Back to Daily Admin

Step 1. Login

http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Prepare_Ubuntu/S01

Click on the link above to find out how to login to the server and then return here.

Step 2. Create "dspace" user crontab

The "dspace" user has to perform tasks automatically at regular intervals, such as sending out subscription emails.

On a Linux/Unix system this is easy to accomplish using the "cron" functionality.

Sample crontab

Refer to original at: https://github.com/DSpace/demo.dspace.org/blob/master/scripts/linux/crontab

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

su - dspace

crontab -e

If asked to select an editor, choose nano

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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####################################
# Initialize Environment Variables #
####################################
# Deliver cron email to system administrator
MAILTO="root"

#Ensure that HOME is set properly for our service
HOME=/home/dspace

#Add Java to PATH (for all DSpace cron jobs)
#Also add all major 'bin' directories
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin

#Specify default Java options (for all DSpace cron jobs)
JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx512M -Xms512M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

##########
# Hourly #
##########
# Regenerate System Sitemaps every 8 hours
# at 3 minutes past the hour
3  0,8,16 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace generate-sitemaps > /dev/null

# Update item counts every hour
@hourly	    $HOME/bin/dspace itemcounter > /dev/null

###########
# Nightly #
###########
# 12:30AM
# Run DSpace statistical analysis tools (12months takes approx 40secs)
30 0 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stat-general  > /dev/null
35 0 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stat-monthly  > /dev/null

# 1:00AM
# Generate DSpace statistical analysis reports
00 1 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stat-report-general  > /dev/null
05 1 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stat-report-monthly  > /dev/null

# 2:00AM
# Run the DSpace media filter scripts and save all output to a log file
# (Creates image thumbnails, indexes full text, and 
# performs any automated format conversions)
0 2 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace filter-media > $HOME/log/media-filter.log 2>&1

# 3:00AM
# Update simple, advanced search and browse indexes
0 3 * * *  $HOME/bin/dspace index-update > /dev/null

# 5:00AM
# Check for items to release from embargo in DSpace.  
0 5 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace embargo-lifter > $HOME/log/embargo-release.log 2>&1

# 6:00AM
# Run XOAI incremental import (and optimization)
0 6 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace oai import -o > /dev/null

# 6:30AM
# Cleanup Web Spiders from DSpace Statistics Solr Index
# -i deletes all spiders matched by IP address, DNS name or Agent name
30 6 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stats-util -i > /dev/null

# 7:00AM
# Optimize Discovery Solr Index
0 7 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace update-discovery-index -o > /dev/null

# 7:30AM
# Optimize DSpace Statistics Solr Index
30 7 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace stats-util -o > /dev/null

# 8:00AM
# Send out DSpace subscription emails
# (This alerts users of newly deposited items of interest)
0 8 * * * $HOME/bin/dspace sub-daily > /dev/null

##########
# Weekly #
##########

###########
# Monthly #
###########
# 12:01AM
# Remove all DSpace log files which are more than 30 days old
# on the first of every month
01 0 1 * * find $HOME/log/*.log.* -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

# 1:00AM
# Completely remove any deleted bitstreams in DSpace
# on the first of every month
0 1 1 * * $HOME/bin/dspace cleanup > /dev/null

# 2:00AM
# Delete any ~/config/*/*.old files more than 30 days old (created by "ant update")
0 2 1 * * find $HOME/config -name "*-*-*.old" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
# Delete any ~/*.bak-*-*/ directories more than 30 days old (created by "ant update")
0 2 1 * * find $HOME/*.bak-*-* -maxdepth 0 -type d -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \;

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NANO Editor Help

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)

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