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Cron Workflows

alpha

v2.5 and after

Introduction

CronWorkflow are workflows that run on a preset schedule. They are designed to be converted from Workflow easily and to mimick the same options as Kubernetes CronJob. In essence, CronWorkflow = Workflow + some specific cron options.

CronWorkflow Spec

An example CronWorkflow spec would look like:

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: CronWorkflow
metadata:
  name: test-cron-wf
spec:
  schedule: "* * * * *"
  concurrencyPolicy: "Replace"
  startingDeadlineSeconds: 0
  workflowSpec:
    entrypoint: whalesay
    templates:
    - name: whalesay
      container:
        image: alpine:3.6
        command: [sh, -c]
        args: ["date; sleep 90"]

workflowSpec and workflowMetadata

CronWorkflow.spec.workflowSpec is the same type as Workflow.spec and servers as a template for Workflow objects that are created from it. Everything under this spec will be converted to a Workflow.

The resuling Workflow name will be a generated name based on the CronWorkflow name. In this example it could be something like test-cron-wf-tj6fe.

CronWorkflow.spec.workflowMetadata can be used to add labels and annotations.

CronWorkflow Options

Option Name Default Value Description
schedule None, must be provided Schedule at which the Workflowwill be run. E.g.5 4 * * *
timezone Machine timezone Timezone during which the Workflow will be run. E.g. America/Los_Angeles
suspend false If true Workflow scheduling will not occur. Can be set from the CLI, GitOps, or directly
concurrencyPolicy Allow Policy that determines what to do if multiple Workflows are scheduled at the same time. Available options: Allow: allow all, Replace: remove all old before scheduling a new, Forbid: do not allow any new while there are old
startingDeadlineSeconds 0 Number of seconds after the last successful run during which a missed Workflow will be run
successfulJobsHistoryLimit 3 Number of successful Workflows that will be persisted at a time
failedJobsHistoryLimit 1 Number of failed Workflows that will be persisted at a time

Managing CronWorkflow

CLI

CronWorkflow can be created from the CLI by using basic commands:

$ argo cron create cron.yaml
Name:                          test-cron-wf
Namespace:                     argo
Created:                       Mon Nov 18 10:17:06 -0800 (now)
Schedule:                      * * * * *
Suspended:                     false
StartingDeadlineSeconds:       0
ConcurrencyPolicy:             Forbid

$ argo cron list
NAME           AGE   LAST RUN   SCHEDULE    SUSPENDED
test-cron-wf   49s   N/A        * * * * *   false

# some time passes

$ argo cron list
NAME           AGE   LAST RUN   SCHEDULE    SUSPENDED
test-cron-wf   56s   2s         * * * * *   false

$ argo cron get test-cron-wf
Name:                          test-cron-wf
Namespace:                     argo
Created:                       Mon Nov 18 10:17:06 -0800 (4 minutes ago)
Schedule:                      * * * * *
Suspended:                     false
StartingDeadlineSeconds:       0
ConcurrencyPolicy:             Replace
LastScheduledTime:             Mon Nov 18 10:21:00 -0800 (51 seconds ago)
Active Workflows:              test-cron-wf-rt4nf

kubectl

Using kubectl apply -f and kubectl get cwf

GitOps via Argo CD

CronWorkflow resources can be managed with GitOps by using Argo CD

UI

CronWorkflow resources can also be managed by the UI