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Daily report from systemd service/timer via email
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README.md

TRY IT

  1. sudo apt-get install heirloom-mail
  2. config your email address and MTA server in send-mail.sh
  3. sudo cp send-mail.sh /opt/send-mail.sh
  4. sudo cp dummy.* /etc/systemd/system/
  5. execute sudo systemctl start dummy.service to confirm it works.
  6. sudo systemctl start dummy.timer
  7. Check the schedule via systemctl list-timers
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dummy.service
[Unit]
Description=A dummy service
[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/date # Replace this with your application
ExecStopPost=/opt/send-report.sh
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dummy.timer
[Unit]
Description=A dummy timer
[Timer]
OnCalendar=Daily
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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send-mail.sh
#!/bin/bash
mailx -v -s "Systemd service/timer report" -S smtp=smtp://[SMTP Server] -S from="[SENDER EMAIL]" [RECEIVER EMAIL] << EOF
$(journalctl --since "today" -u dummy)
EOF
echo 'Report sent. Bye for now.'
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