--- # It's possible to see some info about the timer using: # # systemctl list-timers gitea-backup # systemctl status gitea-backup.service - name: Create backup script copy: dest: /usr/local/bin/gitea-backup.sh owner: root group: root mode: 0750 content: | #!/bin/sh rm -fr /var/backups/gitea mkdir /var/backups/gitea systemctl stop gitea chown git:git /var/backups/gitea/ GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea sudo -u git --preserve-env=GITEA_WORK_DIR gitea dump -c /etc/gitea/app.ini --file /var/backups/gitea/gitea.zip sudo -u git pg_dump gitea > /var/backups/gitea/gitea.sql chown root:root /var/backups/gitea chmod 700 /var/backups/gitea/ systemctl start gitea - name: Create backup service copy: dest: /etc/systemd/system/gitea-backup.service owner: root group: root mode: 0644 content: | [Unit] Description=Backup gitea [Service] Type=oneshot ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea-backup.sh - name: Create backup timer copy: dest: /etc/systemd/system/gitea-backup.timer owner: root group: root mode: 0644 content: | [Unit] Description=Daily gitea backup [Timer] OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:00:00 - name: Start backup timer service: name=gitea-backup.timer state=started daemon_reload=yes