Cron Command for Hitting a specific web page once an hour

[joe007]

Hello Guys,
How can I make my TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U5.3,
Hit a specific web page once an hour via cron?

For Example, I want it to hit this webpage: https://mydomain.com/checkin

 

[Ericloewe]

You need to define hit. Which HTTP request, what do you need to download and what do you need to upload?

 

[danb35]

...and on the assumption that "hit" just means "access," the command would be curl https://mydomain.com/checkin, and it could really run as any user you like.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Use user nobody and FreeBSD's native "fetch" utility.

Code:

/usr/bin/fetch -o /dev/null https://mydomain.com/checkin

 

[winnielinnie]

https://mydomain.com/checkin

Look dude, if you want to call in sick, just call in sick. Don't pretend you're working by sending fake "activity" on the company's server. They'll understand if you need a two-week vacation. Just call them and ask.

A full day of "work"

 

[joe007]

Use user nobody and FreeBSD's native "fetch" utility.

Code:

/usr/bin/fetch -o /dev/null https://mydomain.com/checkin

Unfortunately, it didn't work for me :\
I'm trying to get it to go to the freemyip ip update page.
The command they post on their site that should make it work is this:

Code:

(crontab -l;echo "*/21 * * * * curl \"https://freemyip.com/update?token=YOUR_TOKEN&domain=YOUR_DOMAIN.freemyip.com\">/dev/null 2>&1")|crontab -

But it doesn't really work for me either

 

[joe007]

Look dude, if you want to call in sick, just call in sick. Don't pretend you're working by sending fake "activity" on the company's server. They'll understand if you need a two-week vacation. Just call them and ask.

A full day of "work"

Ha Ha :)
The problem is that the server is my own :)

 

[joe007]

You need to define hit. Which HTTP request, what do you need to download and what do you need to upload?

well. just visit the page for 5 seconds like in the browser

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

You are using the UI to define that cron job, right?

Then what you should put in there as the command is:
/usr/bin/fetch -o /dev/null "https://freemyip.com/update?token=YOUR_TOKEN&domain=YOUR_DOMAIN.freemyip.com"

The code you posted would create a cron job on a plain Linux or FreeBSD system. But you do not want to create a new cron job at certain intervals, you want to run a command ...

 

[joe007]

You are using the UI to define that cron job, right?

Then what you should put in there as the command is:
/usr/bin/fetch -o /dev/null "https://freemyip.com/update?token=YOUR_TOKEN&domain=YOUR_DOMAIN.freemyip.com"

The code you posted would create a cron job on a plain Linux or FreeBSD system. But you do not want to create a new cron job at certain intervals, you want to run a command ...

yes, this is exactly what I did. but for some reason, it isn't working.
(not the command - the IP update effect)
so I'm thinking. Is it possible to add a delay to the command?
Let's say it stays on the page for 5 seconds?

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

What happens when you enter that same command into a shell?

 

[joe007]

What happens when you enter that same command into a shell?

I just found the issue. it was a firewall blocking!
everything is fine now.

Thank you so much your solution helped