Docker app and cron separated

[enboig]

Is there a reason to run cron com a separate service (and using wget)?

Wouldn't be more simple (and avoid possible timeouts) running it in app service using php artisan?

I know not all hostings may allow running cron and cli commands, but it feels odd to have a whole service running just to execute a job daily.

[JC5]

Hey, great question.

Separation of concerns is important in docker containers. You can only run one process in a container.

I used to use "supervisord" to run multiple things in one container, but that's a lot of maintenance.

This is cleaner and gives the user more freedom.

Hope this helps :)

[enboig]

What about a cron image based in app image, where "wget..." becomes "php artisan ..."? it could access the same variables/database/files/mountpoints/... than app

[JC5]

No. But you don't have to use this cron container to do cron.

[enboig]

I know it is a simple helper container to load cons pages; I was just looking for a better way of doing it. I remember developing long ago with drupal that some sites run into time outs or memory limit errors when running cron through apache, and most advices where to run cron using drush (a console command).

I managed to enter the running container docker compose exec -it app sh and run

# php artisan schedule:run                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
   INFO  No scheduled commands are ready to run.                                                                                                                                                    

But it is not clear to me if this is the same as wget ...

[JC5]

https://docs.firefly-iii.org/how-to/firefly-iii/advanced/cron/

Please make sure you run the correct command.

[enboig]

I will check de documentation. Thanks for your time.