Schedule reboot of Linux VM for every other Tuesday (or every 14 days)

Question

Hi 

Is it possible to schedule reboots of a Linux VM every other Tuesday at 5.15am? 

Even if I use auto shutdown/startup, I can't see how to schedule this for every 14 days.

 Thanks

Answer 1

Hi

the default auto-shutdown won't do this, but you can create a Stop-AzureVM runbook, using Azure Automation and PowerShell and use the Azure Automation schedules to do that.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/overview

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/shared-resources/schedules

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Michael Durkan

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Answer 2

Hi Adam

Welcome to Q&A Forum; this is a great place to get support, answers, and tips.

Thank you for posting your question; I'll be more than glad to help you out.

Just a simple reboot of a Linux server?

Why not use built-in crontab for this?

sudo crontab -e

Insert a line like

0 5 * * 2 /sbin/shutdown -r +15

This line will reboot your server EVERY Tuesday, for bi-weekly, it gets a little bit more complicated.

0 5 * * Tue [ $(expr $(date +%W) \% 2) -eq 1 ] /sbin/shutdown -r +15

I hope my answer is helpful to you, Your Bjoern Peters

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