Native Docker approach for automated feed updates in FreshRSS with
Ofelia
reddit / selfhosted

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Trustworthy_Fartzzz · 2023-11-26 22:06

I've started using FreshRSS for my RSS backend. Reeder on iOS, of
course. I was rather surprised the tool doesn't do automated feed
refreshes out of the box. Further, [the documentation](http://freshrss
.github.io/FreshRSS/en/admins/08_FeedUpdates.html) didn't offer any
container-native approach to automatically updating my feeds.

I'd recently discovered [ofelia](https://github.com/mcuadros/ofelia)
and thought this might be a good use case for it. I added the
following to the \`services\` block in my FreshRSS \`docker-
compose.yml\` file:

    ofelia:
      image: mcuadros/ofelia:latest
      depends_on:
        - freshrss
      command: daemon --docker
      volumes:
        - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro

Then I added the following \`labels\` to my \`freshrss\` container
definition:

    - "ofelia.enabled=true"
    - "ofelia.job-exec.datecron.schedule=@every 30m"
    - "ofelia.job-exec.datecron.command=/usr/bin/php
/var/www/FreshRSS/app/actualize_script.php"

A couple of notes:

* \`ofelia\` lets you run commands \_inside\_ the other container with
\`job-exec\`; there are a few other options for job types.
* Output from the \`command\` you pass as a label will show up in
\`ofelia\`'s logs.

I suspect I will find many more use cases for \`ofelia\` now that I've
discovered it.

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bka-informant · 2023-11-26 22:20

Or you can use the FreshRSS image from LinuxServer.io, which already
has an integrated cronjob for this every 15 minutes

https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/freshrss

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zoredache · 2023-11-26 23:11

Instead of reading the docs for how to use a native install of
freshrss, you might want to read the docs for running under docker.

https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/blob/edge/Docker/README.md

Simply add `CRON_MIN=30` as an environmental variable to  your
compose, and cron will refresh every 30 minutes.