[FR] devel/helloworld add example for a cron job about plugins HOT 12 CLOSED

@gitdevmod you best take a look at the IDS controller https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/IDS/Api/ServiceController.php#L121

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@AdSchellevis I tried this https://github.com/gitdevmod/plugins/blob/master/sysutils/SSOProxyAD/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/SSOProxyAD/Api/ServiceController.php but I do not see the cron job with "crontab -l". I want to run joinDomain the first day of month.

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@gitdevmod did you apply the new settings in Cron? it should generate your crontab to /var/cron/tabs/nobody

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How do I apply the new settings? I used "save" button
/var/cron/tabs/nobody does not have my cron job

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Apply at the bottom of the screen in /ui/cron/

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There is "no results found!" after apply

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what does the cron overview look like?

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https://github.com/gitdevmod/plugins/blob/master/sysutils/SSOProxyAD/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/SSOProxyAD/SSOProxyAD.xml

I've this error if I save on my plugin page

An API exception occured
UpdateCron not an attribute of general

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which is true :) UpdateCron is not placed inside the general tag, which isn't a problem if you don't try to update general.UpdateCron

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Ok, I moved UpdateCron to genral tag no more error with save button in plugin page but still no cron for updateDomain in /ui/cron/ or /var/cron/tabs/nobody

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Hi @AdSchellevis, I still have not found a solution about this, any idea? Thanks

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@gitdevmod: FWIW, I've added cron functionality to our new security/acme-client plugin just recently. It worked flawlessly. You may take a look at https://github.com/fraenki/plugins/blob/le_fixes/security/acme-client/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/AcmeClient/Api/SettingsController.php#L49-L115 for another example.

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