Managing LeafWiki on Windows using Scheduled Tasks for startup and backup

[mry]

Use a scheduled task to kick-off when user log in to the Windows system which will start the LeafWiki binary in the background. It will be visible as a windows background process and can be controlled via Scheduled Tasks and Activity Monitor, thus it can be stopped and started on-demand.

Pre-reqs:

• Location to install LeafWiki binary and cmd files: C:\PortableApps\Leafwiki
• Location for the LeafWiki files (example as mapped network location): \\SMB_HOSTNAME\SMB_SHARENAME$\PATH\TO\LeafWiki\ROOT_FOLDER
• Install 7zip binary (example path): C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe"

Install and configure your instance first and make sure it works as expected. Make sure to put all configuration in a cmd file.

start_leafwiki.cmd

@ECHO OFF

SET LEAFWIKI_PORT=9090
SET LEAFWIKI_ADMIN_PASSWORD=SecretPassword!
SET LEAFWIKI_JWT_SECRET=GeneratedSecrect!
SET LEAFWIKI_ALLOW_INSECURE=true
SET LEAFWIKI_ACCESS_TOKEN_TIMEOUT=60m
SET LEAFWIKI_MAX_ASSET_UPLOAD_SIZE=100MB
SET LEAFWIKI_DATA_DIR=\\SMB_HOSTNAME\SMB_SHARENAME$\PATH\TO\LeafWiki\ROOT_FOLDER
SET LEAFWIKI_ENABLE_LINK_REFACTOR=true
SET LEAFWIKI_ENABLE_REVISION=true
SET LEAFWIKI_MAX_REVISION_HISTORY=100

start "LeafWiki" /D "C:\PortableApps\LeafWiki" /B leafwiki.exe

Setup a scheduled task to run when user logon, calling the start_leafwiki.cmd.

• General
  • Name: LeafWiki
  • RunAs: Your logged on user
• Trigger
  • At logon
• Action
  • Run an application
    • Application: "powershell"
    • Argument: "start C:\PortableApps\LeafWiki\start_leafwiki.cmd -WindowStyle Hidden"

Backup on windows calling 7zip from cmd file backup_leafwiki.cmd
Make sure to adapt logic to your local datetime settings, this works on my computer!

Map the network share to a drive letter instead of using UNC share names (\SMB_HOSTNAME\SMB_SHARENAME)

@echo off
for /f "skip=1" %%x in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined MyDate set MyDate=%%x
for /f %%x in ('wmic path win32_localtime get /format:list ^| findstr "="') do set %%x
set fmonth=00%Month%
set fday=00%Day%
set today=%Year%-%fmonth:~-2%-%fday:~-2%
echo %today%

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a "Y:\Documents\_backups\LeafWiki_%today%.7z" "Z:\Documents\_Notes\LeafWiki\"

Setup a scheduled task to run at a specific time for backup, calling backup_leafwiki.cmd.

• General
  • Name: LeafWiki Backup
  • RunAs: Your logged on user
• Trigger
  • Every day - @time
• Action
  • Run an application
    • Application: C:\PortableApps\LeafWiki\backup_leafwiki.cmd
• Settings (optional)
  • Run activity as soon as possible if missed

Misc scripts to control the scheduled task.

Kill the scheduled task from cli kill_leafwiki_task.cmd"

@ECHO OFF

taskkill /f /IM leafwiki.exe

Run the scheduled task from cli run_leafwiki_task.cmd"

@ECHO OFF

schtasks /run /tn "LeafWiki"

[perber]

Thanks for sharing this!
I think this is pretty useful. Maybe I will share how I’m running LeafWiki soon as well.

I would also like to but your configuration example into the docs folder as a installation example.

[mry]

Happy to contribute!