crontab script not working

Below is my job.sh File

echo 'Job Started Running'
echo 'password' | sudo ./logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/bin/contact-index-logstash.conf
echo 'Job Ended'

Below is my sudo crontab -e

* * * * * bash ~/job.sh > ~/log.log 2>&1

below is my cron status

> service cron status ● cron.service - Regular background program
> processing daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service;
> enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu
> 2017-11-09 22:09:03 IST; 1h 40min ago
> Docs: man:cron(8) Main PID: 869 (cron)
> Tasks: 1 Memory: 12.3M
> CPU: 1min 40.378s CGroup: /
> └─869 /usr/sbin/cron -f
>
> Nov 09 23:42:01 akshay CRON[6264]: pam_unix(cron:session): session
>opened for user root by (uid=0) Nov 09 23:43:01 akshay CRON[6270]:
> pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
>Nov 09 23:43:01 akshay CRON[6271]: (root) CMD (bash ~/job.sh > ~/log.log
> 2>&1)
Nov 09 23:43:01 akshay CRON[6270]: pam_unix(cron:session):
> session closed for user root Nov 09 23:44:01 akshay CRON[6293]:
> pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Nov 09
> 23:44:01 akshay CRON[6294]: (root) CMD (bash ~/job.sh > ~/log.log
> 2>&1)

When I execute the sh file directly on shell , it runs without any error but under crontab it is not working..

1 Answer

Following the suggestions in @steeldriver's comment here's how it should be.

Your job.sh file (assuming logstash is located in the same location!):

echo 'Job Started Running'
./logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/bin/contact-index-logstash.conf
echo 'Job Ended'

Your root's crontab:

* * * * * /home/username/job.sh > /home/username/log.log 2>&1

cron runs your script with sh by default, so I removed the unnecessary bash subshell – if you nevertheless need it just add it again.