is this the way to work with cronjobs or am I misusing the feature?
I just saw the changelog and I'm trying out the new cronjob feature. I didn't know about cronjobs before so if I'm being dumb... I'm sorry xD. Is it ok if I want to run a cronjob like the next one or is there a better optimized way of doing it?
let's say I want to log something every 5 minutes. I made this:
schedule: 
0/5 * * * *
docker image: python:3.11-alpine
start command: python -c "print('a')"
I thought it could re-run the service, but it deploys a new one and removes the old one every 5 minutes, so I'm afraid of a possible impact on metrics Solution:Jump to solution
assuming you've exited with 0 (success) it would still show as active, cron is very new so I'm sure they'll update the UI to be give a better indication of the state of the cron service
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the cron will re-deploy your app every 5 minutes, you are printing a single letter, so as long as you exit afterwards, the monthly costs would be pennys
so, am I doing it as expected? I can't believe it would be that easy
you aren't exiting, and I don't know why you would use a start command to print a letter, normally you'd have cron run an actual python app
I see. I just didn't want to make a more elaborated program for testing purposes
The print statement is to simulate an actual task. When you call python like this from docker, it executes the
python TASK.py | APP.py and then the container stops running. -c STATEMENT works the same
one last questionwhen I exit, does the service still display this icon?
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assuming you've exited with 0 (success) it would still show as active, cron is very new so I'm sure they'll update the UI to be give a better indication of the state of the cron service
from what i've been testing in the platform and from what you told me, I think that I've learned a lot about cronjobs and now I know how to better google it by myself from now on
thanks a lot!!! (:
and sorry if my english was hard to read
no problem, your English was fine!
have a nice day / night! ^^
you as well!
i need help fot set up my corn job.
please open your own help thread