This post is third and final part of the series where i am demostrating to setup automated remote state management of our notes. Before continuing here, i would recommend to go through part-1 and part-2 of the sereis.
Service and Timer
Create a systemd service and a timer . The function of timer unit is to trigger service unit and the service unit will execute the obsidian-sync script
Timer Unit
Create a timer obsidian-sync.timer unit
1bash -c "cat >$HOME/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.timer" <<EOF
2# Timer for obsidian-push.service
3# By Munish Mehta
4
5[Unit]
6Description=Starts the obsidian-push.service
7Requires=obsidian-push.service
8
9[Timer]
10Unit=obsidian-push.service
11OnCalendar=MON-FRI *-*-* 17:00:00
12
13[Install]
14WantedBy=timers.target
15EOF
Test the status of obsidian-push.timer timer
1systemctl --user status obsidian-push.timer
Output
1obsidian-push.timer - Starts the obsidian-push.service
2 Loaded: loaded (/home/munmeh/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.timer; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
3 Active: inactive (dead)
4 Trigger: n/a
5 Triggers: ● obsidian-push.service
Service Unit
Create a service which executes the [[obsidian-sync]] bash script to push changes to origin.
Update your obsidian valut path in line below
1export OBSIDIAN_LOCAL_PATH="$HOME/Documents/gitrepo/obsidian-personal-vault/"
2bash -c "cat >$HOME/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.service" <<EOF
3#This service unit is for executing obsidian-sync.sh script which in turn push local obsidian changes to git remote
4#By Munish Mehta
5[Unit]
6Description=Push obsidian local vault changes to git remote https://github.com/mumehta/obsidian-personal-vault
7Wants=obsidian-push.timer
8
9[Service]
10Type=oneshot
11ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "$HOME/.obsidian/obsidian-sync.sh $OBSIDIAN_LOCAL_PATH"
12
13[Install]
14WantedBy=default.target
15EOF
Test status of obsidian-push service
1systemctl --user status obsidian-push.service
Output
1● obsidian-push.service - Push obsidian local vault changes to git remote https://github.com/mumehta/obsidian-personal-vault
2 Loaded: loaded (/home/munmeh/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
3 Active: inactive (dead)
Start service and the timer
1systemctl --user start obsidian-push.timer
2systemctl --user start obsidian-push.service
Check status
service
1systemctl --user status obsidian-push.service
Output
1obsidian-push.service - Push obsidian local vault changes to git remote https://github.com/mumehta/obsidian-personal-vault
2 Loaded: loaded (/home/munmeh/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
3 Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2022-09-08 15:22:10 AEST; 1min 27s ago
4 TriggeredBy: ● obsidian-push.timer
5 Process: 2873361 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c /home/munmeh/.obsidian/obsidian-sync.sh /home/munmeh/Documents/gitrepo/obsidian-personal-vault/ (code=exi>
6 Main PID: 2873361 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
timer
1systemctl --user status obsidian-push.timer
Output
1obsidian-push.timer - Starts the obsidian-push.service
2 Loaded: loaded (/home/munmeh/.config/systemd/user/obsidian-push.timer; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
3 Active: active (waiting) since Thu 2022-09-08 15:21:55 AEST; 3min 27s ago
4 Trigger: Thu 2022-09-08 17:00:00 AEST; 1h 34min left
5 Triggers: ● obsidian-push.service
6 Sep 08 15:21:55 mmsys systemd[2997]: Started Starts the obsidian-push.service.
Enable timer and service units
1systemctl --user enable obsidian-push.timer
2systemctl --user enable obsidian-push.service
Check logs
1journalctl --user -S today -u obsidian-push.timer
2journalctl --user -S today -u obsidian-push.service
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