Good to know about the main proc. I wasn’t aware. And it is indeed set to auto restart. I just hadn’t realized the stop alone would trigger that. I had figured I would need to take the additional step.

YEEEESSS!!! THIS!!! Thank you! I’ve been able to hobble together a script now that I have a Synology automated task calling early each morning after world backups are complete. I’m so very grateful to you all. I’ve learned a lot. A proper “stop” is being issues now which reduces the chance of world corruption which would make my family very very grumpy.

Here’s the script just in case someone finds themselves in a similar situation as me. This is not my wheelhouse and it’s not pretty. I know it can be better, but I’ve spent too much time on this as it is and need to go fix a washing machine now. Ugh…

#!/bin/bash

# Define the countdown duration in seconds
countdown_duration=20

# Function to send a message to the Docker container
send_cmd() {
  cmd="$1"
  sudo sh -c "echo '$cmd' | socat EXEC:'docker attach mcbe-world',pty STDIN"
}

# Announce
announce_text="Daily server restart commencing in $countdown_duration seconds..."
send_cmd "say $announce_text"

# Perform the countdown
for ((i = $countdown_duration; i >= 1; i--)); do
  #echo "Restaring in $i seconds"
  countdown_text="Restarting in $i seconds"
  send_cmd "say $countdown_text"
  sleep 1
done

# Gracefully shutdown server
#  Note: stopping forces the mcbe container to restart on it's own. 
#  Not sure why that's the case, but it's the end result I want...
send_cmd "stop"

P.S. I really need to figure out how to get the RCON solution working because that would be a more elegant way to handle things.

P.P.S Example run (yes, the timing and spelling were updated after this screenshot 😁)

Well,RCON has not fared well. Afaik, I’ve set things up correctly but the client I’m using (mcrcon) keep returning Error 111: Connection refused.

• This post got me to direct things to the right IP which I could get with docker inspect -f '{{range.NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' mcbe-world.
• docker port mcbe-world shows that the rcon port is open
• the server.properties files for the mc server has the relevant rcon lines

This looked so promising.

Via SSH, I can indeed use docker attach and from within I can issue a stop for MC server. Works fine.

However, the Synology task scheduler via DSM doesn’t seem to be able to similarly attach and then issue the stop command. I get this back via email (for when a scheduled task fails):

Task Scheduler has completed a scheduled task.

Task: MC Graceful Restart Start time: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:19:41 -0500 Stop time: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:19:42 -0500 Current status: 127 (Interrupted) Standard output/error:

the input device is not a TTY /bin/bash: line 1: stop: command not found

Ooh. I was not aware of the RCON protocol. Looking into now. This may be the exact thing I need. Thanks for the lead.

docker exec mcbe-world just gives access to the container so commands can be executed. /stop is a specific command for the MC server running in that container. The process is already running and I am trying to figure out how to issue a command to it… and the other comment in this post referencing “rcon” might be a solution…

Good luck!

I’ve got the same hw in mine. Although I did buy and install ram to max it out. It’s not the most powerful machine out there, but it’s plenty enough for us.

This of course presumes that you have a Synology disk station. They come in a variety of different models.

I’m surprised at how much I’m able to serve from my device. I use it for cloud storage, file thinking across devices, photo management and backup across devices, ebook management, running a game server for my family, running an evernote-like service, etc etc.

It’s been really good to have full control over all my information and not have to pay ever increasing fees to various companies for various services.

If you wish. You can set it up to only sync locally (intranet only) or you may expose it via DNS and port forwarding.

I’m using Synology photos. Auto backup for everyone’s phones. Shared common library we move things into for all our photos. I miss some of the ai search capability of Google, but never enough to do anything but self host.

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if they can’t connect for a bit, that’s fine, they can work on the local files and sync up next time I’m back on the home network.

I suppose this is what I’m most concerned about. I currently use a similar situation for my password manager database. We have Windows and Android clients that connect to a shared database file and I feel like I’m constantly having to manually synchronize the file because it remains open so long on each client. I’d like to avoid this situation.

Joplin can sync using files on the device filesystem

This weekend, I’m going to attempt to get it running on my NAS and do this.

I may also try the other syncing via cloud at the same time just to test.

Your experience is what i am looking to accomplish. I’d like to transfer everything Evernote to a self-hosted FOSS application I can serve on my Synology NAS. I would access my notes primarily on my phone (Android) and sometimes Windows. AFIAK, Joplin would sync to my Synology NAS where it’s hosted… so I’m a little perturbed by the additional used of Syncthing.

Would someone explain the need/desire for Joplin+Syncthing?

A progressive web app (pwa) is installed as an app on your phone. Developers can publish these web application online without users requiring an app store. They run on multiple platforms and devices from a single codebase, giving a platform-specific like experience. They are very light weight and even offer offline capabilities.

Did any of you guys try it as well? What’s your opinion?

In respect to Lemmy as a whole, I’m trying to exercise a lot patience.

One of the first things I did was install it as a PWA. It has a sleek UI, but some bugs makes it incredibly hard for me to use. One of the worst is an issue with several of the combo boxes which repeatedly flashing on use. I have to try hitting the appropriate selection multiple times in hopes of it eventually taking.

I use Jerboa most of the time inspite of the many bugs, but I usually end up having to open the PWA for missing functionality.

Like I said…

Lots… And lots…

And lots… of patience.

I love this suggestion.

this issue is about subscribing to all communities of the same name on all federated instances, even ones that might be added in the future.

There’s some problems that would need to be worked through, but ultimately I absolutely crave this being added in.

That and something like multi reddit groupings.

Of course, I would only like this if it were optional. I don’t think it should be core or default.

⚠️ I have reported this post to the proper authorities.

Roflmao!

Welp, that’s one way to gain experience! Knocking off the low hanging fruit and learning in the process. 😁