Create Mastodon maintenance jobs for bare-metal Mastodon installation from source code.
Remove downloaded media files.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-media-remove.service [Unit] Description=Mastodon - media remove service Wants=mastodon-media-remove.timer [Service] Type=oneshot User=mastodon Group=mastodon Environment="RAILS_ENV=production" Environment="PATH=/home/mastodon/.rbenv/shims:/home/mastodon/.rbenv/bin:/bin" WorkingDirectory=/home/mastodon/live ExecStart=/home/mastodon/live/bin/tootctl media remove [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
Execute it everyday at 05:00 in the morning.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-media-remove.timer [Unit] Description=Schedule a media remove every week [Timer] Persistent=true OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:00:00 Unit=mastodon-media-remove.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target EOF
Remove preview cards.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-preview_cards-remove.service [Unit] Description=Mastodon - preview cards remove service Wants=mastodon-preview_cards-remove.timer [Service] Type=oneshot User=mastodon Group=mastodon Environment="RAILS_ENV=production" Environment="PATH=/home/mastodon/.rbenv/shims:/home/mastodon/.rbenv/bin:/bin" WorkingDirectory=/home/mastodon/live ExecStart=/home/mastodon/live/bin/tootctl preview_cards remove [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
Execute it everyday at 05:30 in the morning.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-preview_cards-remove.timer [Unit] Description=Schedule a preview cards remove every week [Timer] Persistent=true OnCalendar=*-*-* 05:30:00 Unit=mastodon-preview_cards-remove.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target EOF
Create, upgrade and populate Elasticsearch indices.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-search-deploy.service [Unit] Description=Mastodon - update Elasticsearch indices Wants=mastodon-search-deploy.timer [Service] Type=oneshot User=mastodon Group=mastodon Environment="RAILS_ENV=production" Environment="PATH=/home/mastodon/.rbenv/shims:/home/mastodon/.rbenv/bin:/bin" WorkingDirectory=/home/mastodon/live ExecStart=/home/mastodon/live/bin/tootctl search deploy [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
Execute it everyday at 06:00 in the morning, but consider doing it much more often.
$ cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/mastodon-search-deploy.timer [Unit] Description=Schedule a preview cards remove every week [Timer] Persistent=true OnCalendar=*-*-* 06:00:00 Unit=mastodon-search-deploy.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target EOF
Reload systemd configuration.
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enable these timers (enable & start).
$ sudo systemctl enable --now mastodon-preview_cards-remove.timer
$ sudo systemctl enable --now mastodon-media-remove.timer
$ sudo systemctl enable --now mastodon-search-deploy.timer
List timers.
$ systemctl list-timers
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Sat 2022-11-19 05:00:00 UTC 1h 49min left n/a n/a mastodon-media-remove.timer mastodon-media-remove.service Sat 2022-11-19 05:30:00 UTC 2h 19min left n/a n/a mastodon-preview_cards-remove.timer mastodon-preview_cards-remove.service Sat 2022-11-19 06:00:00 UTC 2h 49min left n/a n/a mastodon-search-deploy.timer mastodon-search-deploy.service Sat 2022-11-19 06:36:10 UTC 3h 25min left Fri 2022-11-18 06:20:33 UTC 20h ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.service Sat 2022-11-19 14:59:27 UTC 11h left Fri 2022-11-18 14:59:26 UTC 12h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service Sat 2022-11-19 16:08:56 UTC 12h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:28:55 UTC 41min ago motd-news.timer motd-news.service Sat 2022-11-19 16:39:19 UTC 13h left Sat 2022-11-19 00:55:29 UTC 2h 14min ago certbot.timer certbot.service Sun 2022-11-20 00:00:00 UTC 20h left Sat 2022-11-19 00:00:20 UTC 3h 9min ago dpkg-db-backup.timer dpkg-db-backup.service Sun 2022-11-20 03:10:08 UTC 23h left Sun 2022-11-13 14:34:53 UTC 5 days ago e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_all.service Sun 2022-11-20 03:36:53 UTC 24h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:53 UTC 29min ago man-db.timer man-db.service Sun 2022-11-20 04:20:38 UTC 1 day 1h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:57 UTC 29min ago exim4-base.timer exim4-base.service Sun 2022-11-20 04:46:41 UTC 1 day 1h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:57:21 UTC 12min ago plocate-updatedb.timer plocate-updatedb.service Sun 2022-11-20 06:15:57 UTC 1 day 3h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:47 UTC 29min ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service 13 timers listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
List timers after several hours.
$ systemctl list-timers
$ systemctl list-timers NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Sat 2022-11-19 14:59:27 UTC 3h 31min left Fri 2022-11-18 14:59:26 UTC 20h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service Sat 2022-11-19 16:08:56 UTC 4h 41min left Sat 2022-11-19 02:28:55 UTC 8h ago motd-news.timer motd-news.service Sat 2022-11-19 16:39:19 UTC 5h 11min left Sat 2022-11-19 00:55:29 UTC 10h ago certbot.timer certbot.service Sun 2022-11-20 00:00:00 UTC 12h left Sat 2022-11-19 00:00:20 UTC 11h ago dpkg-db-backup.timer dpkg-db-backup.service Sun 2022-11-20 03:10:08 UTC 15h left Sun 2022-11-13 14:34:53 UTC 5 days ago e2scrub_all.timer e2scrub_all.service Sun 2022-11-20 03:36:53 UTC 16h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:53 UTC 8h ago man-db.timer man-db.service Sun 2022-11-20 04:20:38 UTC 16h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:57 UTC 8h ago exim4-base.timer exim4-base.service Sun 2022-11-20 04:46:41 UTC 17h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:57:21 UTC 8h ago plocate-updatedb.timer plocate-updatedb.service Sun 2022-11-20 05:00:00 UTC 17h left Sat 2022-11-19 05:00:10 UTC 6h ago mastodon-media-remove.timer mastodon-media-remove.service Sun 2022-11-20 05:30:00 UTC 18h left Sat 2022-11-19 05:30:01 UTC 5h 57min ago mastodon-preview_cards-remove.timer mastodon-preview_cards-remove.service Sun 2022-11-20 06:00:00 UTC 18h left Sat 2022-11-19 06:00:08 UTC 5h 27min ago mastodon-search-deploy.timer mastodon-search-deploy.service Sun 2022-11-20 06:15:57 UTC 18h left Sat 2022-11-19 02:40:47 UTC 8h ago logrotate.timer logrotate.service Sun 2022-11-20 06:56:49 UTC 19h left Sat 2022-11-19 06:36:37 UTC 4h 50min ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.service 13 timers listed. Pass --all to see loaded but inactive timers, too.
Inspect sample service state.
$ sudo systemctl status mastodon-search-deploy
○ mastodon-search-deploy.service - Mastodon - update Elasticsearch indices
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/mastodon-search-deploy.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2022-11-19 06:00:24 UTC; 5h 30min ago
TriggeredBy: ● mastodon-search-deploy.timer
Process: 197450 ExecStart=/home/mastodon/live/bin/tootctl search deploy (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 197450 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Nov 19 06:00:09 mastodon systemd[1]: Starting Mastodon - update Elasticsearch indices...
Nov 19 06:00:24 mastodon tootctl[197450]: Progress: |====================================================================|
Nov 19 06:00:24 mastodon tootctl[197450]: Indexed 9786 records, de-indexed 0
Nov 19 06:00:24 mastodon systemd[1]: mastodon-search-deploy.service: Deactivated successfully.
Nov 19 06:00:24 mastodon systemd[1]: Finished Mastodon - update Elasticsearch indices