[Solved] Schedule the execution of automation methods

#1

Hello,

how can I schedule the execution of automation methods?

I want to execute every 5 minutes a script already defined on my Datastore.

Thanks.

Schedule an automation in Cloudforms
#2

The simplest way of doing this is probably to use cron to schedule an external script to connect via the API, and run your automate method.

You could conceivably create a one-stage state machine with a relationship to your Instance, that retries itself every 5 minutes, and has an unlimited retry timeout. You’d still have to launch this initially though, again, possibly via the RESTful API

I believe that there’s an RFE in the works to be able to schedule Automation tasks using the in-built scheduler, but the granularity of this may only be one hour.

Hope this helps,
pemcg

#3

Hi,

I define a New alert:

  • based on an hourly timer évent.
  • with a condition that always évaluates To True.
  • that sends a management évent, which is the entry point of my automation.

Note that this is a workarround to a missing feature. It is not a True scheduling, but it is a trick to trigger périodic tasks… with a minimal period offre 1 hour, as far as I know.

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