predkambrij / docker-cronjob

How to call cron with docker

requirements.txt not used in this example

script write time every minute all stay in docker container

you can access to date.txt in docker in root folder

Usage

terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Ziga12341/docker-cronjob.git

cd docker-cronjob

docker build -t cronjob-datetime .

docker run -d cronjob-datetime

docker ps

it will list all containers

copy container id from image cronjob-datetime (something like 34681b275e96)

docker exec -it 34681b275e96 sh

opens console inside your docker
NOTE: you need to change container ID

cd root

cat date.txt

Now you see datetime when cron call python script like this:
~ # cat date.txt
Time is: 2023-01-27 09:54:00.700564
Time is: 2023-01-27 09:55:00.696705
Time is: 2023-01-27 09:56:00.698455
Time is: 2023-01-27 09:57:00.700820

exit

to exit from docker container terminal