From 61954a1fdeee944b18ed380f01840170e83fc9ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lb584 <lb584@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 10:34:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] updating airflow instructions
---
docs/_source/iaas_setup.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/_source/iaas_setup.rst b/docs/_source/iaas_setup.rst
index 5ed349b..59a6500 100644
--- a/docs/_source/iaas_setup.rst
+++ b/docs/_source/iaas_setup.rst
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ airflow db migrate
edit the resulting ${AIRFLOW_HOME}/airflow.cfg file on line 435 to the mysyl database
sql_alchemy_conn = mysql+mysqldb://airflow_user:<password_from_above>@localhost:3306/airflow_db
+while you are editing the config file, set the timezone to be your local timezone, rather than UTC. As this system works
+on a regular, local timezone, daylight saving hours need to be taken into account so it runs at the same local time each day.
+
+default_timezone = Europe/London
+(note that the UI has a dropdown in the top right to set the displayed timezone, but the scheduler will run on the server timezone)
+
**install the mysql provider**
sudo apt install gcc;
@@ -617,6 +623,8 @@ airflow users create --role Admin --username admin --email lb584@cam.ac.uk --fi
(you can set the password to something more secure when logged in)
+
+
run the scheduler and the webserver
airflow scheduler;
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