blocklist w/ cron

Dockerfile

@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ LABEL build_version="Linuxserver.io version:- ${VERSION} Build-date:- ${BUILD_DA
 RUN \
  apk add --no-cache \
 	curl \
+	jq \
+	transmission-cli \
 	transmission-daemon
 
 # copy local files
 COPY root/ /
 
+# add files
+ADD cron/ /etc/cron.d/
+
 # ports and volumes
 EXPOSE 9091 51413
 VOLUME /config /downloads /watch

README.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ docker create --name=transmission \
 -v <path to downloads>:/downloads \
 -v <path to watch folder>:/watch \
 -e PGID=<gid> -e PUID=<uid> \
+-e UIUSER=<uiuser> -e UIPASS=<uipass>
 -e TZ=<timezone> \
 -p 9091:9091 -p 51413:51413 \
 -p 51413:51413/udp \
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on po
 * `-v /watch` - watch folder for torrent files
 * `-e PGID` for GroupID - see below for explanation
 * `-e PUID` for UserID - see below for explanation
+* `-e UIUSER` for WebUI Username - see Updating Blocklists Automatically for explanation
+* `-e UIPASS` for WebUI Password - see Updating Blocklists Automatically for explanation
 * `-e TZ` for timezone information, eg Europe/London
 
 It is based on alpine linux with s6 overlay, for shell access whilst the container is running do `docker exec -it transmission /bin/bash`.
@@ -81,6 +84,13 @@ this requires 3 settings to be changed in the settings.json file.
 
 Transmission will convert it to a hash when you restart the container after making the above edits.
 
+## Updating Blocklists Automatically
+
+This requires `"blocklist-enabled": true,` to be set. By setting this to true, it is assumed you have also populated `blocklist-url` with a valid block list.
+
+If you have webui security enabled, you will need to set the `UIUSER` and `UIPASS` environment variables in your docker configuration.
+
+The automatic update will run once a day at 3am local server time.
 
 ## Info
 

root/defaults/blocklist-update.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+
+RESULT=`jq '.["blocklist-enabled"]' settings.json`
+REQUIRE_AUTH=`jq '.["rpc-authentication-required"]' settings.json`
+
+if [ $RESULT == true ]; then
+	if [ $REQUIRE_AUTH == true ]; then
+		transmission-remote -n $UIUSER:$UIPASS --blocklist-update
+	else
+		transmission-remote --blocklist-update
+	fi
+fi

root/etc/cont-init.d/20-config

@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ mkdir -p \
 [[ ! -f /config/settings.json ]] && cp \
 	/defaults/settings.json /config/settings.json
 
+# copy blocklist-update script
+[[ ! -f /config/blocklist-update.sh ]] && cp \
+	/defaults/blocklist-update.sh /config/blocklist-update.sh
+
 # permissions
 chown abc:abc \
 	/config/settings.json \
+	/config/blocklist-update.sh \
 	/downloads \
 	/downloads/complete \
 	/downloads/incomplete \
 	/watch
+
+chmod 755 /config/blocklist-update.sh

root/etc/crontabs/root

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# do daily/weekly/monthly maintenance
+# min   hour    day     month   weekday command
+*/15    *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/15min
+0       *       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/hourly
+0       2       *       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/daily
+0       3       *       *       6       run-parts /etc/periodic/weekly
+0       5       1       *       *       run-parts /etc/periodic/monthly
+
+# run daily blocklist update
+0 3 * * * /config/blocklist-update.sh 2>&1

root/etc/services.d/cron/run

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+
+/usr/sbin/crond -f -S -l 0 -c /etc/crontabs