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Cron Job setup for Entitlement collector

Question asked by Abhinav Singh on Jul 29, 2019
Latest reply on Jul 30, 2019 by Kristian Nordman

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Hello Team,

We need to setup the Cron job in RSA to collect the Entitlement data after 1 hrs interval from source respective to each application.

However , we have configured the below query but its starting all entitlement collector available in system.

But we need to run respective to each application.

Please provide your suggestion.

*/30 * * * * curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST -d '<username>AveksaAdmin</username><password>Aveksa123</password>' https://*******:8443/aveksa/command.submit?cmd=collectEntitlements&application=SAP_QA1_Demo

Kristian Nordman Jul 30, 2019 4:06 AM

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Hi Abhinav,

No extra % on the end, just %20

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Kristian Nordman Jul 30, 2019 2:11 AM
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Hi!

I ran your curl on my system and received the same results as you did. The problem lies in how bash interprets the commandline.
To bash, the ampersand (&) forks the process to the background and whatever is left is interpreted as another command. This is similar to how the semicolon (;) separates multiple commands with the difference that bash does not wait for the process to finish before moving on.

This means that you are in effect sending this to curl:
```
*/30 * * * * curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST -d '<username>AveksaAdmin</username><password>Aveksa123</password>' https://*******:8443/aveksa/command.submit?cmd=collectEntitlements
```
Since the ampersand breaks your url, curl doesnt see "application=SAP_QA1_Demo" and as such doesn't use it when contacting IG&L which in turn defaults to its behaviour to start everything when nothing is specified.

Put doublequotes around your URL and it'll work.
```
*/30 * * * * curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST -d '<username>AveksaAdmin</username><password>Aveksa123</password>' "https://*******:8443/aveksa/command.submit?cmd=collectEntitlements&application=SAP_QA1_Demo"
```
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- Abhinav Singh @ Kristian Nordman on Jul 30, 2019 3:14 AM
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  Hi Kristian,
  
  Thank you very much for the response. yes its worked for me after putting the " bracket as per your suggestion.
  
  one more question, how to handle if the application name having space b/w them, in that case command is not working.
  
  we have application like - Active directory , we have not added _ or anything . So, how to handle this.
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  - Kristian Nordman @ Abhinav Singh on Jul 30, 2019 3:19 AM
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    %20 is a urlencoded space.
    "Active directory" would be "Active%20directory"
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    - Abhinav Singh @ Kristian Nordman on Jul 30, 2019 4:04 AM
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      Hi Kristian,
      I have tried the below command after using the %20 but its not working.
      
      */2 * * * * curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST -d '<username>AveksaAdmin</username><password>Aveksa123</password>' "https://****:8443/aveksa/command.submit?cmd=collectEntitlements&application=SAP%20%GQ1"
      
      Can you please have a look.
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      - Kristian Nordman @ Abhinav Singh on Jul 30, 2019 4:06 AM
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        Hi Abhinav,
        
        No extra % on the end, just %20
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        Abhinav Singh @ Kristian Nordman on Jul 30, 2019 5:40 AM
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        Hi Kristian,
        
        I tried with the below option as well, but its not running.
        
        */30 * * * * curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -X POST -d '<username>AveksaAdmin</username><password>Aveksa123</password>' "https://****:8443/aveksa/command.submit?cmd=collectEntitlements&application=SAP%20GQ1"
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        Kristian Nordman @ Abhinav Singh on Jul 30, 2019 6:13 AM
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        I cannot replicate your issue. Could you run the curl on the commandline and share the result?
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