How do I start cron on docker ubuntu base?

ubuntu cron ubuntu-12.04 docker
rollingBalls picture rollingBalls · Dec 12, 2013 · Viewed 31.5k times · Source

I have installed cron via apt-get install cron

Trying to start cron fails (as expected) because of upstart not running.

What is the command line for starting cron properly (i.e. it will read users' crontabs, will read /etc/crontab/* etc)?

Please note that I do not want to start the container as a "full" machine, so I don't want to run /sbin/init or upstart. I manage the processes via supervisord, so what I 'm missing is the command line to add to its configuration file.

Answer

Jiri picture Jiri · Dec 12, 2013

You can run cron without daemon mode.

root@xxxxxx:~# cron -f

I was just trying to test it:

  • I started /bin/bash in a new container
  • apt-get install cron nano screen
  • getty tty -a root
  • screen, in screen I created 2 terminals:
  • first: cron -f
  • second: crontab -e - edit your crontab, save and you can watch that the cron is working ...

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