Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on the cloud?

Posted by 1penny42cents on Saturday April 18, 2020 @05:49AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a proof-of-concept script that should run once a day. I would prefer to not run a server all day for a one-time job. What's your preferred way to provision something like this on the cloud?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by manicbits on Saturday April 18, 2020 @09:18AM (#22907503)

Easy with AWS Lambda.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/services-cloudw...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by seanwilson on Sunday April 19, 2020 @12:49AM (#22913593)

I haven't tried it but Firebase has scheduled cloud functions: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/schedule-function...

Firebase is really easy to get started with so I'd recommend it for prototyping if you're not keen on AWS or Google Cloud.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by jshawl on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:35PM (#22910876)

GitHub actions can run on a schedule - https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-tri...

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by quickthrower2 on Saturday April 18, 2020 @06:49AM (#22906808)

Azure has logic app service.

But it depends on what you already have. I have a side project with a ec2 running node so I just use cron from npm (rather than the os cron) to do the trick and pm2 to keep that node running.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by ecesena on Saturday April 18, 2020 @12:11PM (#22908665)

Cron on app engine is free, assuming your script is light enough. You may need a paid account if you have to connect externally, but you can set $0 as total budget.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by chewz on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:58AM (#22907099)

Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Scheduler..

https://cloud.google.com/scheduler

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Re:Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on t... by tnolet on Saturday April 18, 2020 @10:59AM (#22908184)

Heroku with the Heroku scheduler addon.

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