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Cron for containers

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 2 stories, 2 comments · first 2017-07-20 · latest 2025-08-01

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  1. Supercronic: https://github.com/aptible/supercronic Designed to run in a container, but should equally well work on a single host. However, no option for "high availability" running, where multiple hosts coordinate.
    comment by isp · 2025-08-01 · in Replacing cron jobs with a centralized task scheduler
  2. For use inside containers, a nice Cron is Superchronic: https://github.com/aptible/supercronic Beware! It explicitly does not run jobs in an empty environment - it's not a great candidate for system level Cron. But for its intended usecase…
    comment by e12e · 2023-10-14 · in Fcron Is the Best Cron
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    Supercronic – crontab-compatible job runner designed for containers
    story by michaelsbradley · 2018-01-20 · 0 comments
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    Show HN: Supercronic – Cron specifically for containers
    story by chasb · 2017-07-20 · 1 comment