Cron job system:cron interfiers with activity notification

wildwebmaster · May 5, 2021, 10:26am

Steps to reproduce

I have changed the cron configuration in the owncloud Admin Area from Ajax to cron.
Added a new cron job following the instructions from https://doc.owncloud.org/server/10.6/admin_manual/configuration/server/background_jobs_configuration.html:

# sudo crontab -u www-data -e
*  *  *  *  * /usr/bin/php -f /path/to/your/owncloud/occ system:cron

Expected behaviour

It should run cron every minute.

Actual behaviour

The email received from the Activity app, doesn’t show the custom logo anymore, and the URL to the owncloud is not right, instead every file links to an URL like this one: http://localhost/index.php/f/14879

Server configuration

Operating system:
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Web server:
Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
Database:
Server version: 10.5.9-MariaDB-1:10.5.9+maria~bionic mariadb.org binary distribution
PHP version:
PHP 7.4.16 (cli) (built: Mar 5 2021 07:54:20) ( NTS )
Copyright © The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright © Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.16, Copyright ©, by Zend Technologies
ownCloud version: (see ownCloud admin page)
10.7.0.4
Updated from an older ownCloud or fresh install:
fresh install
Where did you install ownCloud from:
source

List of activated apps:

If you have access to your command line run e.g.:
sudo -u www-data php occ app:list
from within your ownCloud installation folder.

Enabled:

activity:
- Version: 2.6.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/activity
calendar:
- Version: 1.6.4
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps-external/calendar
comments:
- Version: 0.3.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/comments
configreport:
- Version: 0.2.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/configreport
contacts:
- Version: 1.5.5
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps-external/contacts
dav:
- Version: 0.6.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/dav
federatedfilesharing:
- Version: 0.5.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/federatedfilesharing
files:
- Version: 1.5.2
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files
files_antivirus:
- Version: 0.15.2
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_antivirus
files_external:
- Version: 0.7.1
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_external
files_mediaviewer:
- Version: 1.0.4
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_mediaviewer
files_pdfviewer:
- Version: 0.12.1
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps-external/files_pdfviewer
files_sharing:
- Version: 0.14.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_sharing
files_texteditor:
- Version: 2.3.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_texteditor
files_trashbin:
- Version: 0.9.1
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_trashbin
files_versions:
- Version: 1.3.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_versions
firstrunwizard:
- Version: 1.2.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/firstrunwizard
market:
- Version: 0.6.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/market
notifications:
- Version: 0.5.2
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/notifications
provisioning_api:
- Version: 0.5.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/provisioning_api
systemtags:
- Version: 0.3.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/systemtags
templateeditor:
- Version: 0.4.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/templateeditor
theme-sintas:
- Version: 1.0.0
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps-external/theme-sintas
updatenotification:
- Version: 0.2.1
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/updatenotification
  Disabled:
admin_audit:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/admin_audit
announcementcenter:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/announcementcenter
customgroups:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/customgroups
encryption:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/encryption
enterprise_key:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/enterprise_key
external:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/external
federation:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/federation
files_classifier:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_classifier
files_external_dropbox:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_external_dropbox
files_external_ftp:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_external_ftp
files_ldap_home:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_ldap_home
files_lifecycle:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/files_lifecycle
firewall:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/firewall
graphapi:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/graphapi
guests:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/guests
metrics:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/metrics
oauth2:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/oauth2
openidconnect:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/openidconnect
password_policy:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/password_policy
ransomware_protection:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/ransomware_protection
sharepoint:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/sharepoint
systemtags_management:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/systemtags_management
theme-enterprise:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/theme-enterprise
user_external:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/user_external
user_ldap:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/user_ldap
user_shibboleth:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/user_shibboleth
windows_network_drive:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/windows_network_drive
wopi:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/wopi
workflow:
- Path: /var/www/owncloud/apps/workflow

Are you using external storage, if yes which one: local/smb/sftp/…

Are you using encryption: yes/no
no

alfredb · May 5, 2021, 12:56pm

This is IMHO far too often, mine is set to each 10 minutes.

Well, localhost…

wildwebmaster · May 5, 2021, 1:21pm

*/15  *  *  *  * /usr/bin/php -f /path/to/your/owncloud/occ system:cron

Oh well, that was an example. The problem I found is, when I set up this cron task, then the URL in the activity email changes from my domain to localhost.

cortho · May 5, 2021, 1:23pm

Why did you decide not to provide your config.php as it was requested in the issue template?

I’m pretty sure the reason can be found there.

wildwebmaster · May 6, 2021, 7:51am

Ok, I run:

sudo -u www-data php occ config:list system

{
“system”: {
“instanceid”: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxx”,
“passwordsalt”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“secret”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“trusted_domains”: [
“xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
],
“datadirectory”: “/var/www/owncloud/data”,
“overwrite.cli.url”: “http://localhost”,
“dbtype”: “mysql”,
“version”: “10.7.0.4”,
“dbname”: “owncloud”,
“dbhost”: “localhost”,
“dbtableprefix”: “oc_”,
“mysql.utf8mb4”: true,
“dbuser”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“dbpassword”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“logtimezone”: “Europe/Berlin”,
“apps_paths”: [
{
“path”: “/var/www/owncloud/apps”,
“url”: “/apps”,
“writable”: false
},
{
“path”: “/var/www/owncloud/apps-external”,
“url”: “/apps-external”,
“writable”: true
}
],
“installed”: true,
“memcache.local”: “\OC\Memcache\APCu”,
“mail_domain”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_from_address”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_smtpmode”: “smtp”,
“mail_smtpsecure”: “ssl”,
“mail_smtpauthtype”: “LOGIN”,
“mail_smtpauth”: 1,
“mail_smtphost”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_smtpport”: “465”,
“mail_smtpname”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“mail_smtppassword”: “REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE”,
“loglevel”: 2,
“skeletondirectory”: “/var/www/owncloud/apps-external/alternative-skeleton”,
“integrity.ignore.missing.app.signature”: [
“theme-custom”
],
“maintenance”: false
}
}

cortho · May 6, 2021, 10:43am

Your overwrite.cli.uri value is causing the issue.
I’d strongly recommend to review the comments in config.sample.php in your config directory, especially overwrite.cli.uri

github.com

owncloud/core/blob/master/config/config.sample.php#L469


/**
 * Override condition for the remote IP address with a regular expression
 * This option allows you to define a manual override condition as a regular
 * expression for the remote IP address. The keys `overwritewebroot`,
 * `overwriteprotocol`, and `overwritehost` are subject to this condition.
 * For example, defining a range of IP  addresses starting with `10.0.0.`
 * and ending with 1 to 3: * `^10\.0\.0\.[1-3]$`
 */
'overwritecondaddr' => '',
/**
 * Override cli URL
 * Use this configuration parameter to specify the base URL for any URLs which
 * are generated within ownCloud using any kind of command line tools (cron or occ).
 * The value should contain the full base URL: `https://www.example.com/owncloud`
 * As an example, alerts shown in the browser to upgrade an app are triggered by
 * a cron background process and therefore uses the url of this key, even if the user
 * has logged on via a different domain defined in key `trusted_domains`. When the
 * user clicks an alert like this, he will be redirected to that URL and must logon again.
 */
'overwrite.cli.url' => '',

wildwebmaster · May 6, 2021, 11:27am

Great @cortho, I have done the changes in the ‘overwrite.cli.url’ and it works.
Thank you very much.

system · August 4, 2021, 11:27am

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