Fedora 37 - Systemd Timer Not Triggering My Python Script as Expected
I've hit a wall trying to I'm trying to configure I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. I'm attempting to use systemd timer to run a Python script every hour on my Fedora 37 machine, but it doesn't seem to trigger the script at all. The timer is supposed to activate a service that runs a script located at `/usr/local/bin/myscript.py`. Here are the relevant files I created: **my_script.service**: ```ini [Unit] Description=My Python Script Service [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/myscript.py [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` **my_script.timer**: ```ini [Unit] Description=Runs My Python Script Every Hour [Timer] OnCalendar=hourly Persistent=true [Install] WantedBy=timers.target ``` After creating these files, I enabled and started the timer using: ```bash sudo systemctl enable my_script.timer sudo systemctl start my_script.timer ``` However, when I check the status of the timer, it shows that it has not been triggered: ```bash systemctl list-timers --all ``` This command returns: ``` NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES Tue 2023-10-03 14:00:00 UTC 57min left Tue 2023-10-03 13:00:00 UTC 1h 1min ago my_script.timer my_script.service ``` I even checked the logs for any errors using: ```bash journalctl -u my_script.service ``` But it appears there are no entries at all for the service. I have confirmed that the script itself is executable and works fine when run manually. I suspect there might be an scenario with the timer configuration or systemd not recognizing it correctly. Is there something I'm missing? Any insights or troubleshooting steps would be greatly appreciated! How would you solve this? This is for a microservice running on Ubuntu 22.04. Cheers for any assistance!