Enable cron on Docker container/Enable automatic LDAP Imports on docker container.

[delize]

Server (please complete the following information):

• Snipe-IT Version 4.2.0
• OS: [e.g. Ubuntu, CentOS] Docker - Ubuntu
• Web Server: Docker Apache
• PHP Version: Docker PHP version

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently spinning up a docker image, cron is not installed on base image. This renders the ability to perform tasks like #4602 or #3962 not possible.

Describe the solution you'd like
Implement Cron into the docker container so that we can enable a cron script to run ldap imports automatically.

OR

Implement a configurable time interval that ldap imports occur.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Doing it manually, but this doesn't scale and isn't a good idea.

Additional context
I am not sure whether this should be a feature request or a bug, since it goes both ways.

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[delize]

Some examples of this can be found here:
https://www.ekito.fr/people/run-a-cron-job-with-docker/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37458287/how-to-run-a-cron-job-inside-a-docker-container
https://medium.com/@jonbaldie/how-to-run-cron-jobs-inside-docker-containers-26964315b582

[EarlRamirez]

@delize you can install cronie and crontabs from the container and commit the changes as an interim solution

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[delize]

Please re-open this and prevent the stale tag for this. As this is an ongoing issue. We also ran into another problem where we would like to use a cron job to automate imports.

I will be trying to test adding this to the main app shortly... but this could take some time.

[snipe]

I'm not sure what you're asking for, @delize. The PR to add cron to docker was already merged and will be in the next release.

[delize]

ah, i was not aware. Nevermind then! I look forward to the next release!

[SpartacusIam]

ah, i was not aware. Nevermind then! I look forward to the next release!

Did you ever get this working? If so, what command are you actually running inside the container to do the ldap sync?