redmine_recurring_tasks plugin in 4.0.6

Dear redmine community,

I have questions regarding the redmine Debian/Ubuntu package 4.0.6-2
in combination with the redmine_recurring_tasks plugin [1]:

{REDMINE_ROOT} seems to be /usr/share/redmine? [2], and they want
me to "git clone" into plugins/, but "plugins" is in
/usr/share/redmine/lib/plugins... what am I missing?

The redmine Debian/Ubuntu package runs as www-data, so do I have
to swap "sudo" with "sudo -u www-data" for all "bundle" invocations?

we made it work using "sudo bundle ..." [3] and we were able to schedule
a task (1. enable it for the project, 2. schedule the task"), but when
we ran the cron job command (just like this, without cron):
cd {REDMINE_ROOT}
sudo bundle exec rake redmine_recurring_tasks:exec RAILS_ENV=production

nothing happened (even though the task was scheduled in the time frame).
Shall I create a bug report at github or did I misunderstand something?

is there an easier way to get "scheduled tasks" in 4.0.6?

[1] https://github.com/southbridgeio/redmine_recurring_tasks

[2] https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/redmine/-/blob/master/debian/README.Debian

[3] Yes, I know "sudo bundle ..." is probably wrong, but the point is
that we don't understand the plugin's functionality ;-)

Many Thanks for developing redmine and TIA for any answers!
Felix

Replies (2)

RE: redmine_recurring_tasks plugin in 4.0.6 - Added by Felix Natter 11 months ago

Ok, I found out three things:

I need to run all "bundle" tasks as root (sudo ...),
but is this 100% correct?

I need to configure anonymous users as members for
the project(s), and configure the plugin with
[x] Use anonymous user while copying issues,
otherwise it won't work.

the cron job command works if I am an hour later,
i.e. if I schedule for 15:20, then it will be executed
at 16:20.
This is although I have this in my config/application.rb:

    config.active_record.default_timezone = :local

and the local tz looks good:

HOST:/usr/share/redmine$ timedatectl 
               Local time: Di 2023-05-23 16:48:10 CEST
           Universal time: Di 2023-05-23 14:48:10 UTC 
                 RTC time: Di 2023-05-23 14:48:10     
                Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)
System clock synchronized: yes                        
              NTP service: active                     
          RTC in local TZ: no

I would really appreciate it if someone would reply to this.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Felix

RE: redmine_recurring_tasks plugin in 4.0.6 - Added by Felix Natter 11 months ago

OK, there is more problem: I see the "Schedule" (issue) buttons only when I am logged
in as admin. Any ideas?

Many Thanks in Advance,
Felix

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