Start cron daemon with root externally upon docker run (#1506)

* Start cron daemon with root externally upon docker run

Switch from /etc/init.d/cron to service command

* Preserve the env for the cron daemon && Add --only-cron for wmagent-couchapp-init && Add timestamps

docker/pypi/wmagent/Dockerfile

@@ -62,5 +62,8 @@ EOF
 # allow dynamic users to create homefolders and .bashrc
 RUN chmod 777 /home
 
+# preserve the whole env for later use by the cron daemon
+RUN env > /etc/environment
+
 # Define the entrypoint (Using exec form):
 ENTRYPOINT ["./run.sh", "2>&1"]

docker/pypi/wmagent/init.sh

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ echo " - WMAgent Number             : $AGENT_NUMBER"
 echo " - WMAgent Relational DB type : $AGENT_FLAVOR"
 echo " - Python  Version            : $(python --version)"
 echo " - Python  Module path        : $pythonLib"
+echo " - Current time               : $(date -Im)"
 echo "======================================================="
 echo
 
@@ -324,14 +325,14 @@ set_cronjob() {
 
     # Populating proxy related cronjobs
     crontab -u $WMA_USER - <<EOF
-55 */12 * * * $WMA_MANAGE_DIR/manage renew-proxy
+55 */12 * * * date -Im >> $WMA_LOG_DIR/renew-proxy.log && $WMA_MANAGE_DIR/manage renew-proxy 2>&1 >> $WMA_LOG_DIR/renew-proxy.log
 58 */12 * * * python $WMA_DEPLOY_DIR/deploy/checkProxy.py --proxy /data/certs/myproxy.pem --time 120 --send-mail True --mail [email protected]
 */15 * * * *  source $WMA_DEPLOY_DIR/deploy/restartComponent.sh > /dev/null
 EOF
     let errVal+=$?
 
     # Populating CouchDB related cronjobs
-    wmagent-couchapp-init
+    wmagent-couchapp-init --only-cron
     let errVal+=$?
 
     [[ $errVal -eq 0 ]] || {

docker/pypi/wmagent/wmagent-docker-run.sh

@@ -132,3 +132,4 @@ echo "Checking if there is no other wmagent container running and creating a lin
 
 echo "Starting wmagent:$WMA_TAG docker container with user: $wmaUser:$wmaGroup"
 docker run $dockerOpts $registry/$repository:$WMA_TAG
+docker exec -u root -it wmagent service cron start