fixed cron job not running

Dockerfile

@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ COPY init.sh /init.sh
 RUN chmod +x /init.sh
 
 # Collect data every 6 hours
-RUN echo "0 */6 * * * /cron.sh" > /etc/cron.d/cron
+ADD crontab /etc/cron.d/cron
+RUN chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/cron
+RUN touch /var/log/cron.log
 
 # backend
 EXPOSE 1323 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ EXPOSE 80
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--"]
 
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "\
-    service cron start && \
+    cron && \
     cd backend && ./backend & \
     nginx -g 'daemon off;' & \
     cd / && /init.sh && \

cron.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+source /etc/environment
+
 if [[ -z "${API_KEY}" ]]; then
   echo "Error: API_KEY environment variable is not set."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-curl -X GET http://localhost:1323/update \
+curl -X GET http://localhost:1323/api/update \
      -H "X-API-Key: ${API_KEY}"

crontab

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+0 */6 * * * root /cron.sh >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
+# Don't remove the empty line at the end of this file. It is required to run the cron job

init.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# used for the cron job
+printenv >> /etc/environment &
+
 database_path="/backend/config/database.db"
 config_json_path="/backend/config/config.json"
 config_sample_json_path="/backend/config_sample/config_sample.json"
 
 
-
-
 if [ -e "$config_json_path" ]; then
 # todo: add newly supported indexers if needed
   echo "Config file already exists, skipping copy"