Simplified server administration

[traek]

I'm wondering what you would think about making your script better compatible with cockpit to improve user-friendly server administration. It's already pretty close to there given you went with systemd services.

I was thinking that moving from crontab to systemd timers for the restart would be a good first step. I started working on it but thought I'd get your thoughts on if there was a compelling reason to stick with crontab. If not, I'd like to contribute a little, maybe even eventually offer to install/enable cockpit as part of your script.

Just a thought...

[TheRemote]

I love the idea!

There's no reason to stick with crontab in the code. I just used something people were more familiar with and got the job done.

Any contributions are welcome if you have time, and thanks!

[timriker]

I use a @reboot tag in crontab and avoid systemd. This allows the entire setup to work as a user without root access.
@reboot date;until [ -d /var/run/screen ];do sleep 1;done;date;uptime;. /etc/profile;screen -q -ls;[ $? -le 10 ]&&screen -dmS boot&&screen -S boot -X stuff 'cd /home/timr/paper&&./server.sh\n'