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Cant make cronjob run node.js file

I was very hesitant to post here since this question have been popped out a ton, but I've tried pretty much everything I've found on the internet in last 2 days. I am on my first week using Linux and its been a wild ride. (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS)

So I made node app which opens browser -> logins to our company webapp and writes down my work hours automatically, I want to run it on computer reboot since I mark my hours when I get home. This way I dont forget to mark them. (note: I have also tried running it on every minute, or the next coming minute just to be sure its not about @reboot command)

These are some of the different options I've tried. Cant really remember all since I've been trying, I belive over 100 different variants now. Also on the codes below, I've also tried with either full paths or just ex. bin/node etc.

@reboot cd /home/sepi/Documents/MyProjects/eas_app && /usr/local/bin/node index.js

@reboot usr/local/bin/node /home/sepi/Documents/MyProjects/eas_app/index.js

@reboot /bin/node /home/sepi/Documents/MyProjects/eas_app/index.js

which node gives: /usr/local/bin/node

Upvotes: 0

Views: 266

Answers (1)

Arun Pal
Arun Pal

Reputation: 747

  1. First check where is your node binary by

    $ whereis node

    and use that path only in cronjob.

  2. To resolve any cronjob first thing you need to do is to redirect stdout and stderr in a log file.

    @reboot /bin/node /home/sepi/Documents/MyProjects/eas_app/index.js > out.log 2>&1

    This way you will understand if is there any library or path issue.

  3. If you are still facing the issue then just add the below lines in your crontab

    SHELL=/bin/bash
BASH_ENV="/home/user/.bashrc" 
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

    In BASH_ENV instead of user add your username, check by whoami

    Note: SHELL and PATH entry can be found by echo $SHELL and echo $PATH respectively.

Also first add time base cron to test if it is working then add cronjob for reboot scenarios.

Upvotes: 1

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