schedule-distributed-agent-maintenance-jobs-with-dkron

name	Schedule distributed agent maintenance jobs with Dkron
slug	schedule-distributed-agent-maintenance-jobs-with-dkron
description	Use Dkron to run recurring agent maintenance, data refresh, evaluation, and cleanup jobs across a fault-tolerant cluster with a UI and API.
github_stars	4706
verification	security_reviewed
source	https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron
author	Dkron contributors
publisher_type	open_source
category	Templates & Workflows
framework	Multi-Framework
tool_ecosystem	{"github_repo":"dkron-io/dkron","github_stars":4706}

Schedule distributed agent maintenance jobs with Dkron

Use Dkron to run recurring agent maintenance, data refresh, evaluation, and cleanup jobs across a fault-tolerant cluster with a UI and API.

Prerequisites

Dkron server and agents, Docker or native Dkron binaries, networked worker nodes, job commands or API-triggered scripts

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• docker compose up -d
• docker compose up -d --scale dkron-server=4
• docker compose up -d --scale dkron-agent=10
• docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• The best way to test and develop dkron is using docker, you will need Docker with Docker
• Run the docker compose:
• For testing email notifications during development, Mailpit is included in the development docker-compose setup. Mailpit provides a local SMTP server that captures outgoing emails without sending them to real recipients.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Dkron runs on Linux, OSX and Windows. It can be used to run scheduled commands on a server cluster using any combination

• You can use Dkron to run the most important part of your company, scheduled jobs.

• Installation instructions

• Source: https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dkron-io/dkron/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://dkron.io/docs

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange