Run a daily rails rake script on cron
Hi I have an app that does a daily update to the data in the db. Currently using railway I run this rails rake script from my local computer in a railway shell, however I want to remove the dependency of my local computer and have the script run automatically. To do this properly, do I need to create a seperate railway service (linked to the same github repo and docker scripts) to do this and run that on a cron schedule? Thanks!
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Take a look at this: https://docs.railway.app/reference/cron-jobs
Thanks yes I've seen that, I think what I'm confused about is how to actually run the rake task in the docker container. I tried setting my start command as the script that should run the rake task (assuming that it would run from within the container) but that isnt working (I see now that it overrides the docker build so thats not right) and I'm not sure how to specify the script to run.
The service I set up is hooked to the same github repo as my server service and inheriting the same docker files so I'm not sure if I need different docker files for this cron service that run the script after bringing the container up? If so, not sure how to specify which docker files to use on start.
the start command would be the place to put your desired start command
Ok and for docker that just overrides the entrypoint script right?
AH I think I got it, needed to add a ./ in front of the start script
When that script terminates, does the railway service then shut down on its own?
correct, you should see a completed status
or successful, same difference
assuming it exits with non error code
Thanks for your help, I think Im good now.
awesome!