feat: Mark systemd timers are preferred method#14718
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systemd timers are the most modern way to configure background jobs and is deeply integrated in journalctl and resources limit can also be easily added. And move systemd timers and cron to the top, to hopefully ensure less people use webcron/ajax for background jobs. Signed-off-by: Carl Schwan <carlschwan@kde.org>
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Good idea!
This would be worth mentioning at https://github.com/nextcloud/documentation/tree/master/admin_manual/release_notes for admins who upgrade.
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| **Use case: Single user instance** | ||
| If systemd is installed on the system, then systemd timer is the preferred way method for executing | ||
| regular tasks. This method enables the execution of scheduled jobs without the | ||
| inherent limitations the Web server might have. |
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| inherent limitations the web server might have. |
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| OnBootSec=5min | ||
| OnUnitActiveSec=5min |
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| OnActiveSec=5min |
I think we want this, as otherwise a very long running cron would delay the next execution by 5 minutes. If the cron takes a long time, because it has a lot to do, it should run as soon as possible.
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| The important parts in the timer-unit are ``OnBootSec`` and ``OnUnitActiveSec``. ``OnBootSec`` will start the timer 5 minutes after boot, otherwise, you would have to start it manually after every boot. ``OnUnitActiveSec`` will set a 5-minute timer after the service-unit was last activated. |
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This would need to be updated too.
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systemd timers are the most modern way to configure background jobs and is deeply integrated in journalctl and resources limit can also be easily added.
And move systemd timers and cron to the top, to hopefully ensure less people use webcron/ajax for background jobs.
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