Fedora Server 42 - systemctl service

[KlausdB]

Thanks @abraunegg and community for a great bit of software. I was looking for a specific solution to get samba file shares (on a linux server) to backup externally and be available for occasional external sharing with microsoft users so I chose Fedora Server to run it (which I hadn't used before). Onedrive was setup as the root user.

The only bit that didn't work 'out-of-the-box' was running it as a service. While this may be unique to the server version of fedora, I had to make a few changes to get it working with systemctl:
create a symlink called onedrive.service in /etc/systemd/system pointing to /usr/lib/systemd/user/onedrive.service;
edit the onedrive.service file to include: User=root (in the [Service] section);
change the ExecStart= line from /usr/bin/onedrive to /usr/sbin/onedrive --monitor

I wanted this as a separate box to the Samba/AD server, so just mounted the shares (cifs) to a /onedrive/ directory for the sync process. So far, so good. I do have to consider the possibility of the SMB Server disappearing/dropping out and the effect that may have though.

Separately, while I assume that the ~/.config/onedrive/config file overrides the default settings, one change I made isn't being honored. I set monitor_interval=120 yet the default 300secs still loads.

Cheers,
Klaus.

[abraunegg]

@KlausdB

I wanted this as a separate box to the Samba/AD server, so just mounted the shares (cifs) to a /onedrive/ directory for the sync process. So far, so good. I do have to consider the possibility of the SMB Server disappearing/dropping out and the effect that may have though.

Please read

https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/advanced-usage.md#configuring-the-client-for-use-when-sync_dir-is-a-mounted-directory

This will.assist you in correctly configuring your platform for this scenario.

Separately, while I assume that the ~/.config/onedrive/config file overrides the default settings, one change I made isn't being honored. I set monitor_interval=120 yet the default 300secs still loads.

Please read the documentation for this option:

https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive/blob/master/docs/application-config-options.md#monitor_interval

[KlausdB]

Thank you @abraunegg I hadn't gotten to the .nosync solution in the manual yet :-(
Well done! Perfect.

As to the monitor_interval, yes, I had changed that in the config file (monitor_interval = "120") but the --display-config (and operation) still shows 300 (Config option 'monitor_interval' = 300).
Other changes made in the config file are visible to the program etc.

[abraunegg]

As per the note for 'monitor_interval' you cannot set a value below 300 and the minimum default will always be applied.

This is not a bug. This is not something that will be changed. It is 300 minimum to ensure the application operates in a correct manner.

[KlausdB]

Doh! My Bad! Sorry to waste your time - Looked at that so many times and I missed the 'Note' :-(
I'll sit in the naughty corner and read the rest of the manual now :-)
Thanks.