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# root crontab
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Syntax:
#
# *    *    *    *    * command to execute
# |    |    |    |    |
# |    |    |    |    |
# |    |    |    |    +----- day of week (0 - 6) (0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday, or use names)
# |    |    |    +---------- month (1 - 12)
# |    |    +--------------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |    +-------------------- hour (0 - 23)
# +------------------------- min (0 - 59)
#
# Checks for license expiration: runs everyday at 09:00 with alert set to 15 days before expiration
0 9 * * * /opt/charon/utils/charon_expchk 15
#
# Monitor unrequested guests stop
* * * * * /opt/charon/utils/charon_mongstop
#
# Log events report
* * * * * /opt/charon/utils/charon_logevent
#

# Logs archiving utility (each Monday 00:00)
0 0 * * 1 /opt/charon/utils/charon_logarchive -keep=60 -zip

Include Page
KBCOMMON:DOC-GoToToc
KBCOMMON:DOC-GoToToc

Scheduled jobs details

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The ‘-nomail’ parameter can be used to make the script check if the license dongle can be read: if not or if a timeout is detected, the aksusbd drivers are restarted. This is mainly used for debugging.

Monitor abnormal termination of the guests (charon_mongstop)

This job is active by default, it is recommended not to prevent it from running. It's goal is to send alerts if a guest has been stopped whereas it was not requested.

It is used only with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 7 & 8 are using systemd feature to monitor service abnormal termination so the corresponding lines will not be added in the crontab.

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Log events (charon_logevent)

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