[Savannah-cvs] [751] update info on mgt cron jobs

[ineiev]

Revision: 751
          
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=administration&revision=751
Author:   ineiev
Date:     2024-01-15 02:47:43 -0500 (Mon, 15 Jan 2024)
Log Message:
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update info on mgt cron jobs

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/sviki/SavannahInternals.mdwn

Modified: trunk/sviki/SavannahInternals.mdwn
===================================================================
--- trunk/sviki/SavannahInternals.mdwn  2024-01-14 11:09:39 UTC (rev 750)
+++ trunk/sviki/SavannahInternals.mdwn  2024-01-15 07:47:43 UTC (rev 751)
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@
    calls a CGI script on `www.gnu.org` to request a website update.
 6. A cron job on `www.gnu.org` regularly checks for update requests,
    and `cvs updates` the requested repositories.
-7. A cron job on `mgt0` regularly query the database for mailing list
-   updates. It then creates the mailing lists on `lists.gnu.org`.
-   This is done because `lists.gnu.org` is managed by the FSF, not Savannah.
+7. Obsolete.
 8. Publishing a new tarball release for GNU packages is performed by an
    automated process, explained in the
    [GNU Maintainer's 
guide](//www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads).
@@ -299,18 +297,12 @@
   (lists.gnu.org, using GNU Mailman) is administered by the FSF, not
   Savannah.
 * Special configuration on `lists.gnu.org` allows remote execution of
-  shell scripts from `frontend` to automate list creation/deletion.
+  shell scripts from `frontend` to automate list management.
   More info: [[ListServer]].
 * Public URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/admin/?group=GROUP> (only
   available to group admins).
-* Source code: 
[/frontend/php/mail/admin/index.php](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/tree/frontend/php/mail/admin/index.php).
-* The PHP code updates the `mail_group_list` table (no other direct changes
-  are done by the script). New mailing lists are added as new records in the
-  tables. Change requests to mailing lists are done by changing the
-  `status` field (see source code for possible values).
-* A cron job on `mgt0` reads the changes in the `mail_group_list` and
-  executes the necessary changes on `lists.gnu.org`. See "cron jobs on
-  mgt" section below.
+* The PHP code updates the `mail_group_list` table and runs the scripts
+  to update the mailing lists on `lists.gnu.org`.
 
 ### MySQL Database
 
@@ -409,29 +401,23 @@
 Basically, none.  Wiki refresh is run once an hour, but this isn't really
 needed.
 
-### Cron jobs on mgt0
+### Cron jobs on mgt1
 
-Stored in `mgt0:/etc/cron.d/sv`:
+Stored in `mgt1:/etc/cron.d/savannah`:
 
-    # Assign uidNumber and gidNumber inthe database (and rebuild cache for
-    # libnss-mysql-bg). 7211 was the latest group created by the old
-    # sv_groups cron - maybe one day we'll move everything to the 70000
-    # range. Then create homedirs and authorized_keys files.
+    # Assign uidNumber and gidNumber in the database (and rebuild cache
+    # for libnss-mysql-bg). 77211 was the latest group created by the old
+    # sv_groups cron - maybe one day we'll move everything to the 70000 range.
     */5 * * * *   root   sv_assign_uid_gid --min-gidNumber=77212
     
+    # Frontend-related:
+    #
+    # This script does not need root access, access to the database is enough.
+    */25 * * * *    root    sv_cleaner
+    48 12 2 * *     root    sv_cleaner --big-cleanup
     
-    # New list creation
-    */5 * * * *     root    sv_mailman --cron
-    
-    # Database cleaning
-    */25 * * * *    root    sv_cleaner --cron
-    48 12 2 * *     root    sv_cleaner --cron --big-cleanup
-    
-    # Reminder
-    4 4 * * *       root    sv_reminder --cron
-    25 18 * * *     root    sv_reminder --cron
+    4 4,18 * * *    root    sv_reminder
 
-
 * `sv_assign_uid_gid` - creates unique user ids and group ids for
   users and groups in the Savannah system.
     * reminder: across all Savannah hosts, Unix user/group ids are managed