Periodic task run (cron)

[loopfz]

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I'd like to be able to configure periodic execs for a given template + set of input.

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Periodic execs definition:

• every X minute/hour/day
• or everyday at 3pm
• or every 3rd of each month at 2pm
• or ... with template: create-new-thing-XXX with inputs: foo: yyy baz: xxxx bar: zzzz

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[vexvec]

@loopfz A Cron job like experience can already be achieved with a task (http request to the http://localhost:8081/task) endpoint within the template to schedule the next execution. The parameters of the current execution can be passed through to the next schedule via go template syntax in the body of the request, e.g.

scheduleNextJobExecution:
    description: Schedule next job execution
    action:
      type: http
      configuration:
        url: http://localhost:8081/task
        method: POST
        body: '{"delay": {{ .input.delay }}, "input": {{ toJson .input }}, "template_name": "template-name" }'
    conditions:
    - type: skip
      if:
      - value: '{{ .input.enable_reschedule }}'
        operator: EQ
        expected: false
      then:
        this: DONE
      message: No rescheduling

The timer functionality e.g. hourly, can be achieved with a delay of "1h". To achieve scheduling at a specific point in time e.g. "at 03:00 AM" the initial task have to be delayed to the desired point in time.