Dockerized NC, cron is not working

[Reiner_Nippes]

@nifeyer

But inside the container no process labeled “cron” seems to be running (checked with top).

use the host cronjob with docker exec ....

Docker setup & cron

use this script as cronjob. do not try to enable cron inside the contaier. inside any container. so you just add docker exec --user www-data nextcloud php occ preview:pre-generate assuming that your container name is nextcloud and www-data the web server user. just saying. this is a way to enable crond inside a container. exec executes everything you use as the first argument. e.g. a shell skript has no +x bit. exec that-skript is your friend. and busybox crond just starts the cron daemo…