Cron job for email sheduled reports

[Meg]

Hello. On the Opnsense Gui under cron jobs dropdown list there is a cron job for Zenarmor email Sheduled Reports. I have email scheduled reports working daily in Zenarmor settings, but was trying to set the cron job to get a report every 12 hours. The cron job seems to be ignored and I only get a report once a day at the time set in Zenarmor scheduled reports settings. Does anyone know why this cron job doesn't work? I didn't make it, it was already in the dropdown list of cron jobs.

[IHK]

Zenarmor allows configuring report frequency only as daily, weekly, or monthly. Therefore, there is no direct setting to receive reports every 12 hours. However, you can manually set up a cron job in System > Settings > Cron to run the Zenarmor reporting script:

/usr/local/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/Zenarmor/report-gen/send.py

Setting Up a Cron Job

1 - Go to System > Settings > Cron.
2 - Add a new cron job.
3 - Use the above command and set the schedule to 0 */12 * * * for every 12 hours.

Avoid Conflicts

Ensure the cron job does not overlap with Zenarmor's internal reporting schedule.
For example, if Zenarmor generates daily reports, set the cron job at a different time.

Alternative Solutions

1 - Syslog Integration: Export logs to a syslog server for analysis every 12 hours. Refer to the Zenarmor Syslog Integration documentation.
2 - API Usage: If you have technical expertise, use the Zenarmor API to create a custom script that generates reports every 12 hours.

For more information, check out the Zenarmor Documentation or contact our support team.

[Meg]

Thanks. I Have the cron job working now. This post can be marked solved

[IHK]

I'm glad to hear that your issue has been resolved! Thank you for your feedback.
If you need any further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you a great day!