[Solved] pfSense Cron reboot with email-telegram notification

Armor-64

Hello!
First time writing here so be kind :)

I have configured notifications from email-telegram and when i press reboot manually from webconfig and when it boots i get the message from both.

i am looking for once a week reboot in the pfsense with crone

I know that shutdonw -r now works with the time i want but i dont get the message but only when it boots up.

i know its kinda stupid but i would realy like getting full info of whats happening

i made a php(part copy from original one from menu)

If any info you want i am willing to assist,

thnx!

NogBadTheBad

@armor-64 You would need to set up a cron job 10 - 15 secs before your cron shutdown task runs.

Queston really should be why do I need to reboot your router once a week?

stephenw10

You would need to call the appropriate php script to trigger the notifications as you show.

Have you tried running that?

Armor-64

@stephenw10

This is the command on cron,probably its wrong if i need a scrip,how or what do i need to do to make it so? if there is a guide tha would help

Sorry new to this stuff no rly idea how pf work

Armor-64

@armor-64 cron job 10-15sec with a message command that i want? if yes how?

Restarting once a week its not a bad idea its home project so i want explore stuff etc

stephenw10

When you run something in cron you need to specify the full path and for a php script that mean the full path to php and to the script so it might be:

/usr/local/bin/php /root/my_reboot_script.php

Or use the full path to the binary in the script. So for example this script works. I simply removed all the unrequired parts from /etc/rc.initial.reboot:

#!/usr/local/bin/php-cgi -f
<?php
/*
 * reboot with notifications
 *
 * part of pfSense (https://www.pfsense.org)
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 BSD Perimeter
 * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Electric Sheep Fencing
 * Copyright (c) 2014-2022 Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * originally part of m0n0wall (http://m0n0.ch/wall)
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Manuel Kasper <mk@neon1.net>.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/* parse the configuration and include all functions used below */
require_once("config.inc");
require_once("functions.inc");
require_once("filter.inc");
require_once("captiveportal.inc");


$msg = sprintf(gettext("%s is rebooting now."), $g['product_label']);
echo "\n" . $msg . "\n";
notify_all_remote($msg);
system_reboot_sync();
echo "\n";

?>

Then run it with a cronjob like:

30	1	*	*	*	root	/root/reboot.php

Or whatever time you want to reboot.

Steve

Armor-64

@stephenw10 you are a life saver

Many thanks, i would treat you a coffee rly!

it works perfectly fine done that twice

do i have to mark the conversation as solved somehow

dont know how pfsense forums work,sorry for the stupid questions.

stephenw10

No worries.

We don't have a formal 'mark as solved' arrangement. You may be able to edit the title in your first but that is time and reputation restricted. I can edit it for you if you want.

Steve

Armor-64

@stephenw10 Ye from what i see i cant edit it,if you can mark it for anyone with the same ''problem'' (mostly newbies) if they google it so they know it works

once again thank you!