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Bash Source in Cron

I’m running a “source” command inside a Bash script. The script is running fine on its own, but when I try running it inside a crontab, it doesn’t work. I’m using the source command just to load variables in a file, so I don’t have to edit multiple files. As it turns out, the regular shell in crontab does not quite understand the source command, and it’s the very reason the script fails. Here’s an example.

source /home/user/server.conf

I ended up removing the source line, and hardcoding the variables instead of loading it from a file.

server="servername"

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AWS CLI Bucket Lifecycle Configuration

I was banging my head against the wall (not quite literally, but it was close) trying to come up with a S3 lifecycle configuration from scratch. I needed a JSON file that I can run in a bash script, so I can apply the lifecycle rules to a few dozen S3 buckets. Obviously, trying to create one from scratch wasn’t the wisest choice in my part. As it turns out, you can setup a temporary bucket and use the console to recreate the lifecycle, then export the lifecycle JSON file. Duh! Genius! Here’s the command to export the lifecycle configuration.

aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration \
--bucket bucket-name

The output would be in a JSON format similar to this:

{
    "Rules": [
        {
            "Status": "Enabled",
            "NoncurrentVersionExpiration": {
                "NoncurrentDays": 90
            },
            "NoncurrentVersionTransitions": [
                {
                    "NoncurrentDays": 7,
                    "StorageClass": "INTELLIGENT_TIERING"
                }
            ],
            "Filter": {
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "Expiration": {
                "ExpiredObjectDeleteMarker": true
            },
            "AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload": {
                "DaysAfterInitiation": 7
            },
            "ID": "EFS S3 Backup Lifecycle Rules"
        }
    ]
}

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