Systemd timer as a cron replacement
Instead of using a cronjob placed in our crontab, we can make use of a systemd timer on a modern linux system which is running systemd. For a systemd timer to work, it needs two parts. One part consists of a .timer file, and a .service file. The .timer file specifies when our service should be started. Just like a cronjob we can specify here on which days, in which week or at which time our service should be started....