Kubernetes YAML Workloads/Basic CronJob YAML

Schedule recurring batch work.

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Section: Jobs and CronJobs

Basic CronJob YAML

yaml

yaml

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: nightly-report
spec:
  schedule: "0 2 * * *"
  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3
  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          restartPolicy: Never
          containers:
            - name: report
              image: ghcr.io/example/reporter:1.0.0
              args: ["generate"]

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