Nextcloud version (eg, 18.0.2): 20.0.5
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 20.04): Ubuntu 20.04
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
PHP version (eg, 7.1): PHP 7.4.9
The issue you are facing:
Hello,
So I am trying to create a update script for Nextcloud where it will be able to update Nextcloud to new versions and fix all the errors that can occur after an update (for example db:add-missing-indices error).
And to be able to create an auto update script, then I will need to inactive the crontab just to be on the safe side (https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/18/admin_manual/maintenance/manual_upgrade.html).
The thing is that I can’t find a way to update Crontab so that I have a # infront of the string.
I have tried with:
sed -i (With no luck): crontab -u www-data -l | { sed -i 's/*/5 * * * * php -f $nextcloudLocation/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1 / #*/5 * * * * php -f $nextcloudLocation/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1/'; } | crontab -u www-data -
I have even tried to create a cron in /etc/cron.d/nxtc and when I try to run that, then I get an error in Nextclodu that Crontab havn’t run for 50 years…
So how can I create a cron that Nextcloud can recognize and that I can update?
The search I did returned 5 various solutions on the first Google search page, then reams more?
Took less than 60 seconds? Which search engine(s) did you use?
If you now have a working solution, maybe you’d like to post it here, so anyone who finds this topic looking for something similar will have the solution, or at least a good head-ups.
The solutions below should get the vast majority of people going in the right direction.
