Docker automation

[kmax9981]

I have been running plexcleaner on a windows machine using a powershell script and scheduled tasks to run the script on a schedule. I am moving my automation tools to an ubuntu server. I used the interactive shell to run plexcleaner with my json file as a test and it ran fine. Is there a good way to script this to run on a schedule. The issue I see is the interactive shell with docker and not being there to interact and exit the shell when finished.

[ptr727]

No need to run interactive in docker, instead of the /bin/bash from the example in readme just run /PlexCleaner/... as the command, it is as if you are running the executable but it is hosted in docker.

[ptr727]

What does docker logs say? Are the file permissions different? Do you run as root or a non-root user? I have not tested this scenario myself, but I'd expect it to be no different, but never know without some debugging.

[kmax9981]

I am running it with sudo, so root user. The output of docker logs plexcleaner is below

14:10:11 [INF] <1> Loading settings from : "/config/PlexCleaner.json"
14:10:11 [INF] <1> Logging output to : "/config/plexcleaner.log"
14:10:11 [INF] <1> Application Version : "PlexCleaner : 3.9.28.59862 (Release)"
14:10:11 [INF] <1> Runtime Version : ".NET 8.0.5" : "ubuntu.24.04-x64"
14:10:11 [INF] <1> OS Version : "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS"
14:10:11 [INF] <1> Build Date : 06/21/2024 13:52:28
14:10:11 [INF] <1> Parallel Processing: True : Thread Count: 4, Processor Count: 8

so it shows that it is logging output to /config/plexcleaner.log which is a mounted folder at /opt/plexcleaner/config

If I goto /opt/plexcleaner/config there is no log, however if I create the log with touch then it start writing to the file

However if I create the file before running the docker command it deletes the file and then will not create the new file until I create it again using touch

[kmax9981]

I removed --logwarning from the docker command and it began logging properly

[ptr727]

Using --logappend will add to existing file.
Logger is created here

If you say you run using sudo, that does not really relate to how the container is executing, maybe sudo docker because you did not add your account to the docker group to not need root for managing docker?

[ptr727]

Maybe it is because there were no warnings being logged, so no output generated until a warning is emitted?

[kmax9981]

Sorry, the uid is my user, so I guess it is running with my permissions

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[kmax9981]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.

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On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM Pieter Viljoen ***@***.***> wrote: Maybe it is because there were no warnings being logged, so no output generated until a warning is emitted? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#392 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGK6N3FL5W4CC3W5UZT6IP3ZIR3WPAVCNFSM6AAAAABJWLW2GKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4TQNBTGA4TQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>