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    +Jekyll2023-08-06T18:05:21+01:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlAndrew ConlinRunning a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:002023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00http://localhost:4000/til/running-python-in-cron-in-dockerRecently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using “Send-to-Kindle” feature (a blog post about this project is in the works).

    I loved this idea, and thought it would be no problem to get a Python script up and running periodically on my Raspberry Pi home server using cron. However, I ran into various issues along the way (some of which were not so easy to resolve), so I’m collating all the configuration changes I made in the hopes that it will be useful to someone one day. You can find the full repo for this project here, and I have also included my Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and crontab at the end of this TIL.

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    +Jekyll2023-08-06T18:20:12+01:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlAndrew ConlinRunning a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:002023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00http://localhost:4000/til/running-python-in-cron-in-dockerRecently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using “Send-to-Kindle” feature (a blog post about this project is in the works).

    I loved this idea, and thought it would be no problem to get a Python script up and running periodically on my Raspberry Pi home server using cron. However, I ran into various issues along the way (some of which were not so easy to resolve), so I’m collating all the configuration changes I made in the hopes that it will be useful to someone one day. You can find the full repo for this project here, and I have also included my Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and crontab at the end of this TIL.

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    ]]>Andrew ConlinFixing php errors in a Nextcloud docker-compose configuration2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:002023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00http://localhost:4000/til/nextcloud-php-errorsI was trying to rescan the files in my Nextcloud server (running on Raspberry Pi 4 with DietPi), and kept running into some weird php errors.

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    ]]>Andrew ConlinA measure of how easily thoughts can be translated to action2023-03-10T00:00:00+00:002023-03-10T00:00:00+00:00http://localhost:4000/blog/2023/03/10/putting-thoughts-into-actionRecently, I’ve been using multiple different languages and frameworks (both at work and personally) and I’ve been thinking about why I prefer some over others. Ultimately, I think it comes down to this:

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    How easily can I translate what I am thinking about into a working setup?

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    That is, how much effort needs to go into converting my idea into a solution? (If there is not already a word for this, then there should be. Don’t worry, I am willing to take the hit and have it named after me.)

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    For example, I’ve been building this website over the past month or so. Generally, for static websites, I think that HTML + CSS are very good at allowing me to get what I see in my head running on localhost. At this point CSS has so many different options that you just need to find the right search terms in order to get what you want.

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    However, they are both lacking somewhat in intuitiveness. Especially when starting out, it can get very confusing to know the right tags and the right syntax and the right placement (and so on) to realise your vision.

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    This is where services like Squarespace et al. come into play. They give you that intuitive UI, dragging and dropping of features, resizing and changing colours. They make it super duper easy to do the actual building, at the cost of the range of bricks you can use.

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    So, we have two measures:

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    2. How easy is it?
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    These are usually a direct tradeoff, with ease typically preferred over options. This tends to frustrate me, as I want full control of all those little configurations.

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    The solution to this, at least for me, are frameworks such as Bootstrap and Jekyll. They put a layer between the user and the options; essentially translating and simplying all the little configurations into something much easier to work with. Columns in Bootstrap make page layouts simple; markdown-to-html parsing in Jekyll makes text formatting a breeze. But, most importantly of all, these frameworks don’t sacrifice on the possibilities. They make it easier to apply complex setups, but if you want to go in and tweak absolutely everything to your liking, go right ahead. By providing the user with simpler ways of doing the same things as before, they manage to bridge the gap between Can I do everything I want to? and How easy is it?. And I think that is beautiful.

    ]]>    Andrew Conlin    Fixing php errors in a Nextcloud docker-compose configuration2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:002023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00http://localhost:4000/til/nextcloud-php-errorsI was trying to rescan the files in my Nextcloud server (running on Raspberry Pi 4 with DietPi), and kept running into some weird php errors.

    First error - “could not find driver”

    diff --git a/_site/feed/til.xml b/_site/feed/til.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a441047..0000000 --- a/_site/feed/til.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,139 +0,0 @@ -Jekyll2023-08-06T18:05:21+01:00http://localhost:4000/feed/til.xml | TilAndrew ConlinRunning a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:002023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00http://localhost:4000/til/running-python-in-cron-in-dockerRecently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using “Send-to-Kindle” feature (a blog post about this project is in the works).

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    I loved this idea, and thought it would be no problem to get a Python script up and running periodically on my Raspberry Pi home server using cron. However, I ran into various issues along the way (some of which were not so easy to resolve), so I’m collating all the configuration changes I made in the hopes that it will be useful to someone one day. You can find the full repo for this project here, and I have also included my Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and crontab at the end of this TIL.

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    A lot of problems with cron come down to user privileges. Each user has their own crontab, and then there is the system-wide root crontab. The first issue I ran into with creating a cron job inside a container was that Docker created the crontab as a non-root user. This issue presented itself to me when I tried to run the following command, to list the current cronjobs in the Docker container:

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    You may also need to add a shebang (#!) to your Python script to direct cron to the correct version. You can find the Python location with one of the following commands:

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    I hope this helped you resolve some errors! I’ve included my Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and crontab below if you want to set up a similar project or adjust your own files. The full repo is also available here.

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    Dockerfile:

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    FROM python:3
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-COPY . .
-RUN python3.11 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
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-RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
-
-RUN apt-get update \  
-&& apt-get install cron -y
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-RUN chmod +x main.py
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-RUN crontab crontab 
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-CMD cron -f
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    docker-compose.yml:

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    version: "2.4"
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-services:
-  watchman:
-    platform: "linux/arm64/v8"
-    image: watchman:latest
-    container_name: watchman
-    restart: always
-    user: root
-    build:
-      context: build
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile
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    crontab:

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    PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
-PYTHONPATH=/usr/bin/local/python3
-15 7 * * * python3 /main.py >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
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    ]]>    Andrew Conlin    Fixing php errors in a Nextcloud docker-compose configuration2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:002023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00http://localhost:4000/til/nextcloud-php-errorsI was trying to rescan the files in my Nextcloud server (running on Raspberry Pi 4 with DietPi), and kept running into some weird php errors.

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    First error - “could not find driver”

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    followed by a long, verbose stack trace.

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    It took me a decent amount of time to diagnose the exact issue, but eventually I found this list of required PHP modules in the Nextcloud admin manual.

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    Running php -m will print out the list of currently installed PHP modules. I noticed I was missing quite a few of the required modules, but the one that was causing my issue was the missing pdo_mysql module. -This can be installed by running:

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    Note: This command will change based on your OS, PHP version and database type

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    This resolved the error! However (as is always the case), this only meant I got a shiny new error instead:

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    Second error - “Name or service not known”

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    Doctrine\DBAL\Exception: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /path/to/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:139
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    From first glance, this looks like something wrong in the DNS name resolution. This sent me a long way down the wrong path, changing a whole bunch of things in my docker-compose.yml file. -Eventually however, after a long and perilous journey over the high seas of Nextcloud forums and StackOverflow, I found this example of running php occ in a docker-compose configuration. -This led me to running this command:

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    docker-compose exec -u www-data nextcloud-app php occ files:scan --all
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    Note: replace nextcloud-app with the name of your Nextcloud container. Also, this command must be run from the directory of your Nextcloud docker-compose.yml

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    ….aaaaaand, voila! The command runs, the files are scanned and everything is up to date.

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    terminal output showing the files that have been successfully been scanned

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  • Running a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron

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    Recently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using...
    @@ -137,11 +135,12 @@ + +

  • Fixing php errors in a Nextcloud docker-compose configuration

    -  01 Mar 2023   |    -   til  +  01 Mar 2023
    I was trying to rescan the files in my Nextcloud server (running on Raspberry Pi 4 with DietPi), and kept running into some weird php errors. First error - “could...
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      {% for post in site.posts %} - {% assign categories = post.categories %} - {% assign category = site.data.categories[categories.first] %} + {% assign category = post.category %} + {% if category == 'blog' %}

    • {{ post.title }}

      -  {{ post.date | date_to_string }}   |    -   {{ categories.first }}  +  {{ post.date | date_to_string }}
      {{ post.content | strip_html | truncatewords: 30 }}

      • + {% endif %} {% endfor %}
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      {% for post in site.posts %} - {% assign categories = post.categories %} - {% assign category = site.data.categories[categories.first] %} - {% if categories.first == 'til' %} + {% assign category = post.category %} + {% if category == 'til' %}

    • {{ post.title }}

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      - {% include nav.html a=page.categories.first %} + {% include nav.html %}

      {{ page.title }} diff --git a/_site/assets/css/default.css b/_site/assets/css/default.css index bc9a454..1347370 100644 --- a/_site/assets/css/default.css +++ b/_site/assets/css/default.css @@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ hr.menu { } a { - color: white; + color: #ebdbb2; } body { - background-color: black; - color: white; + background-color: #282828; + color: #ebdbb2; font-family: "Rubik"; min-height: 100vh; } code { - color: white; + color: #ebdbb2; } pre { - color: white; - background-color: #171717; + color: #ebdbb2; + background-color: #504945; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ img.letterboxd { } ::selection { - background-color: white; - color: black; + background-color: #ebdbb2; + color: #282828; } - diff --git a/_site/blog/2023/03/10/putting-thoughts-into-action/index.html b/_site/blog/2023/03/10/putting-thoughts-into-action/index.html index 439c049..41236bb 100644 --- a/_site/blog/2023/03/10/putting-thoughts-into-action/index.html +++ b/_site/blog/2023/03/10/putting-thoughts-into-action/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

      - ac + ac

      diff --git a/_site/blog/index.html b/_site/blog/index.html index dec8e4c..04c4edb 100644 --- a/_site/blog/index.html +++ b/_site/blog/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

      - ac + ac

      diff --git a/_site/feed.xml b/_site/feed.xml index 7f9f37e..bbdefcb 100644 --- a/_site/feed.xml +++ b/_site/feed.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Jekyll2023-08-06T18:20:12+01:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlAndrew ConlinRunning a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:002023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00http://localhost:4000/til/running-python-in-cron-in-dockerRecently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using “Send-to-Kindle” feature (a blog post about this project is in the works).

      +Jekyll2023-08-06T18:28:13+01:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlAndrew ConlinRunning a Python script periodically in a Docker container using cron2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:002023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00http://localhost:4000/til/running-python-in-cron-in-dockerRecently, my partner gave a great idea for utilising my old Kindle: generate a “newspaper” each morning from a bunch of RSS feeds, and email it to the Kindle using “Send-to-Kindle” feature (a blog post about this project is in the works).

      I loved this idea, and thought it would be no problem to get a Python script up and running periodically on my Raspberry Pi home server using cron. However, I ran into various issues along the way (some of which were not so easy to resolve), so I’m collating all the configuration changes I made in the hopes that it will be useful to someone one day. You can find the full repo for this project here, and I have also included my Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and crontab at the end of this TIL.

      diff --git a/_site/index.html b/_site/index.html index 1bb9f30..9e3c1ce 100644 --- a/_site/index.html +++ b/_site/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

      - ac + ac

      diff --git a/_site/til/index.html b/_site/til/index.html index 976e2d8..11b7ba9 100644 --- a/_site/til/index.html +++ b/_site/til/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

      - ac + ac

      diff --git a/_site/til/nextcloud-php-errors/index.html b/_site/til/nextcloud-php-errors/index.html index d11a2f1..5a8312c 100644 --- a/_site/til/nextcloud-php-errors/index.html +++ b/_site/til/nextcloud-php-errors/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

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      diff --git a/_site/til/running-python-in-cron-in-docker/index.html b/_site/til/running-python-in-cron-in-docker/index.html index 7d6063a..3af4983 100644 --- a/_site/til/running-python-in-cron-in-docker/index.html +++ b/_site/til/running-python-in-cron-in-docker/index.html @@ -10,26 +10,12 @@ -

      - ac + ac

      diff --git a/assets/css/default.css b/assets/css/default.css index bc9a454..1347370 100644 --- a/assets/css/default.css +++ b/assets/css/default.css @@ -19,23 +19,23 @@ hr.menu { } a { - color: white; + color: #ebdbb2; } body { - background-color: black; - color: white; + background-color: #282828; + color: #ebdbb2; font-family: "Rubik"; min-height: 100vh; } code { - color: white; + color: #ebdbb2; } pre { - color: white; - background-color: #171717; + color: #ebdbb2; + background-color: #504945; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; border-radius: 10px; white-space: pre-wrap; @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ img.letterboxd { } ::selection { - background-color: white; - color: black; + background-color: #ebdbb2; + color: #282828; } - From 340f7499bf378e71b6280bb6f9c8782e17764a33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: andrew Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 13:19:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] [07/08/23] changed to monospace font and caps titles --- _data/nav.yml | 10 +++---- _includes/nav.html | 10 +++---- _layouts/default.html | 2 +- _layouts/post.html | 4 +-- _site/assets/css/default.css | 9 ++++-- .../putting-thoughts-into-action/index.html | 28 ++++++++--------- _site/blog/index.html | 28 ++++++++--------- _site/feed.xml | 2 +- _site/index.html | 28 ++++++++--------- _site/til/index.html | 30 +++++++++---------- _site/til/nextcloud-php-errors/index.html | 28 ++++++++--------- .../index.html | 28 ++++++++--------- assets/css/default.css | 9 ++++-- blog.html | 4 +-- index.html | 4 +-- til.html | 4 +-- 16 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-) diff --git a/_data/nav.yml b/_data/nav.yml index 506c7e2..91660a7 100644 --- a/_data/nav.yml +++ b/_data/nav.yml @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -- name: about +- name: ABOUT link: / -- name: blog +- name: BLOG link: /blog -- name: til +- name: TIL link: /til -- name: projects +- name: PROJECTS link: /projects -- name: photos↗ +- name: PHOTOS↗ link: http://andrewconlinphotography.co.uk diff --git a/_includes/nav.html b/_includes/nav.html index bd0b040..4d1e092 100644 --- a/_includes/nav.html +++ b/_includes/nav.html @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -

      - ac -

      -