Task scheduler
also known as task
What is this?
This is a task runner/scheduler programs that will fire off various tasks. These tasks can be anything from an blog post import task to a RSS generator task. Additionally, there is task logs inside the database so that you can keep track of tasks when something goes wrong.
Things you should know
task
uses a .env
file at the root of the project. The file takes standard environment variables (like enviroment variables you would put into a .bashrc
or ad-hoc into your shell).
For task
to work properly, please make sure to first create the .env
file, then fill out the following environment variables:
DATABASE_URL
- needed for communicating to Postgres