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

Question

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?

manicbits · Accepted Answer

Easy with AWS Lambda.https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/services-cloudw...

seanwilson · Answer

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.

jshawl · Answer

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

quickthrower2 · Answer

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.

ecesena · Answer

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.

chewz · Answer

Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Scheduler..https://cloud.google.com/scheduler

tnolet · Answer

Heroku with the Heroku scheduler addon.

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

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?

Easy with AWS Lambda.
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/services-cloudw...

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.

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

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.

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.

Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Scheduler..
https://cloud.google.com/scheduler

Heroku with the Heroku scheduler addon.