Scheduled Tasks

A scheduled task in Beaker Studio is a service that consists of a task which runs periodically. Scheduled tasks are useful for running software like periodic data processing, backups, and other batch jobs.

To create a scheduled task, choose Scheduled Task as the Service Type on the deployment screen.

Parameters

This section describes the possible parameters for scheduled tasks that appear in the Beaker Studio UI.

Schedule Type

Choice between either Cron or Rate.

Cron schedules allow you to specify a cron expression. For example, 0/10 * ? * MON-FRI * would run every 10 minutes Monday through Friday. For more information, see Amazon’s Cron Expressions documentation.

Rate schedules are simpler and allow you run tasks at a fixed schedule of minutes, hours, or days. For example, 2 hours would run the task every two hours. For more information, see Amazon’s Rate Expressions documentation.

Instance Platform

Reference: Servers: Instance Platform.

Instance Size

Reference: Servers: Instance Size.

Autodeploy

Reference: Servers: Autodeploy.

Command Override

Reference: Servers: Command Override.

Environment Variables

Reference: Environment Variables.

Network Ingress

Reference: Ports.

Volumes

Reference: Volumes.