Programa una sincronización

Cron permissions

When running a cron job, we recommend doing so as a dedicated Directory Connector user. Create a bwdc user if you haven't already, and add that user to the etc/cron.allow list. This will allow a non-Root user to set up and run cron jobs.

In order to continue, you will also need your organization's API key client_id and client_secret, which can be obtained by an organization owner from the Web Vault by navigating to organization Settings → My Organization.

Setup a sync script

In order avoid session timeouts, we recommend creating a shell script to run through cron. This script should securely read your client_secret to complete the login, and run a bwdc sync command that writes output to bwdc.log.

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BITWARDENCLI_CONNECTOR_APPDATA_DIR="./instance-1" bwdc sync
BITWARDENCLI_CONNECTOR_APPDATA_DIR="./instance-2" bwdc sync

Setup the cron job

As the permitted bwdc user:

1. Edit the user's crontab file by entering crontab -e in the terminal, or as edit the crontab file as any user by entering crontab -u <bwdc_username> -e.

2. Add a line to the crontab that includes:

   • A scheduling expression that will determine the time/recurrence interval on which to execute the desired command (for example, 0 0 * * 2 to run every Tuesday at midnight).

   • The command to execute at the specified time/recurrence interval. In this case, execute the previously created sync script (for example, bwdcSyncService.sh):

For example, to run the sync script every Monday at 12:00:

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# 0 12 * * 1 bwdcSyncService.sh

Cron job scheduling expressions

Use the following reference when scheduling syncs via cron to ensure you're scheduling them for the desired time:

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# ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
# │ ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
# │ │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
# │ │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12)
# │ │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6) (Sunday to Saturday;
# │ │ │ │ │                                   7 is also Sunday on some systems)
# │ │ │ │ │
# │ │ │ │ │
# * * * * * <command to execute>