Merge pull request #170 from robgmills/urlwatch-cron-config

Urlwatch cron config

urlwatch/Dockerfile

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 FROM alpine:3
-MAINTAINER EasyPi Software Foundation
+LABEL maintainer="EasyPi Software Foundation"
 
 RUN set -xe \
     && apk add --no-cache ca-certificates \
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ VOLUME /root/.urlwatch
 WORKDIR /root/.urlwatch
 
 CMD ["crond", "-f", "-L", "/dev/stdout"]
+
+VOLUME /etc/crontabs/root

urlwatch/README.md

@@ -49,3 +49,25 @@ v3.2.5
 ```
 
 [1]: https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/
+
+## customizing cron schedule
+
+### Create a crontab file
+
+```
+*/30 * * * * cd /root/.urlwatch && urlwatch --urls urls.yaml --config urlwatch.yaml --hooks hooks.py --cache cache.db
+*/15 * * * * cd /root/.urlwatch && urlwatch --urls urls-every-15m.yaml --config urlwatch.yaml --hooks hooks.py --cache cache.db
+```
+
+See the [crontab manpage for details on format](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/crontab.5.html#DESCRIPTION).
+
+### Mount the crontab file as a docker volume
+
+```yaml
+urlwatch:
+  image: vimagick/urlwatch
+  volumes:
+    - ./data:/root/.urlwatch
+    - ./crontabs/root:/etc/crontabs/root
+  restart: unless-stopped
+```

urlwatch/data/crontab

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/30 * * * * cd /root/.urlwatch && urlwatch --urls urls.yaml --config urlwatch.yaml --hooks hooks.py --cache cache.db

urlwatch/docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-urlwatch:
-  image: vimagick/urlwatch
-  volumes:
-    - ./data:/root/.urlwatch
-  restart: unless-stopped
+services:
+  urlwatch:
+    image: vimagick/urlwatch
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/root/.urlwatch
+      - ./data/crontab:/etc/crontabs/root
+    restart: unless-stopped