[SOLVED] Scheduled AD Sync job

[supertramp4]

Hi, I am running Proxmox 7.4-16 , and I have successfully linked this to Active Directory.

I wanted to know if it is possible to use a scheduler so that for example every 1 hour, the command "pveum realm sync <realm>" is run.

This would allow any changes in AD to automatically be picked up in Proxmox.

If possible, which file will I need to edit to include this command ?
Thanks in advance.

 

[cheiss]

Hi,

this is easily possible using cron.
Run crontab -e as root, which should open an editor (probably nano or vim) with the crontab.

At the end, add the following line (replacing <realm> with the actual name of course):

0 * * * * /usr/sbin/pveum realm sync <realm>

After that, just save and exit.

That will run the command each hour.
crontab.guru is a good website for getting the cron syntax right.

 

[supertramp4]

Hi Cheiss
Perfect - That works nicely.
Thanks
Chris

 

[Lukas Wagner]

Just as a side note, Proxmox VE 8.0 added native realm sync jobs for LDAP/AD realms [1] which can be managed from the web UI.
Maybe some motivation to perform the migration.

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Roadmap#Proxmox_VE_8.0