metakgp/mftp

Cronjob as alternative to service

proffapt opened this issue · 5 comments

proffapt commented

Implement mftp as a cronjob along with a continuously running service in infinite loop.

Basic idea

  • mftp cronjob disable
  • mftp cronjob enable
  • mftp cronjob enable 30

Why this? and Why not only this?

Cronjob will be best for:

  • Internal Servers.. not requiring OTP for login
  • Small devices like rpis.. limited in resources

Service will be best for:

  • External Servers.. requiring OTP for login
  • Having enough resources
lakshz commented

Hi @proffapt, I can work on this.

proffapt commented

Great, then let me know if you need some kind of help

lakshz commented

@proffapt , needed some clarity on this. This is what I've understood:
Currently, the mftp.py script runs on an infinite loop and continuously monitors the CDC noticeboard. For cronjob, instead of an infinite loop, I just need to send new notices after a scheduled time. So, I'll remove that infinite loop in a new script and add a bash script to create a crontab.

Is this flow correct, on high level?

proffapt commented

mftp-as-a-service.sh

  1. Will have those cronjob comamnds:
    mftp cronjob enable..
  2. Another file will be created without infinite loop
  3. That file will be added into cronjob, there will be default time of 2 mins if the user doesn't provide
lakshz commented

got it thanks :)

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