Create cron job

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please avoid making requests to this endpoint.

Requests should instead use the relevant type-agnostic job endpoint.

View documentation for /project/jobs/create-job

Creates a new cron job

Required permission

Project > Jobs > General > Create

Path parameters

projectId
string required
ID of the project

Request body

{object}

name
string required
The name of the job.
min length
3
max length
52
pattern
^[a-zA-Z]((-|\s)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+((-|\s)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)?$
description
string
A description of the job.
max length
200
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9.,?\s\\/'"()[\];`%^&*\-_:!]+$
stageId
string
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
infrastructure
{object}

architecture
string
one of
x86, arm

tags
[array]
An array of previously defined tags to help identify and group the resource.

string
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$

billing
{object} required

buildPlan
string
The ID of the build plan to use.
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
deploymentPlan
string required
The ID of the deployment plan to use.
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

deployment
(multiple options: oneOf)
Where to deploy the job from.

{object}

Deploy from version control

buildpack
{object}
Allows for customization of buildpack runtime

configType
string required
Type of buildpack run configuration
one of
default, customProcess, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand, originalEntrypointCustomCommand
customProcess
string
Custom process which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customProcess`
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand`, `customEntrypointCustomCommand` or `originalEntrypointCustomCommand`

docker
{object}
Allows for customization of docker runtime

configType
string required
Type of entrypoint & command override configuration
one of
default, customEntrypoint, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypoint` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`

storage
{object}

useHdbStorage
boolean
usePdSsdStorage
boolean
ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per container in MB
min
1024

shmSize
integer
Configures the amount of available memory-backed disk space available to /dev/shm
min
64

gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

gracePeriodSeconds
integer
The maximum amount of time the process has to shut down after receiving a SIGTERM signal before it is forcefully shut down SIGKILL by the system. Maximum 1800 seconds for PaaS projects and 86400 seconds for BYOC projects.
min
15
max
86400
metadata
{object}
Allow setting custom labels and annotations for workloads.

labels
{object}
Specify custom labels for the workload.

annotations
{object}
Specify custom annotations for the workload as string or object.

vcs
{object} required

projectUrl
string required
URL of the Git repo to build.
pattern
^(https:\/\/)?((www(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,})+\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,})(\.([a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,}))+(\/((?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-._]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}){2,}))+?$
projectType
string required
The VCS provider to use.
one of
bitbucket, gitlab, github, self-hosted, azure, origin
selfHostedVcsId
string
If projectType is self-hosted, the ID of the self-hosted vcs to use.
pattern
^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)|([0-9a-f]{24})$
accountLogin
string
By default, if you have multiple version control accounts of the same provider linked, Northflank will pick a linked account that has access to the repository. If `accountLogin` is provided, Northflank will instead use your linked account with that login name.
vcsLinkId
string
By default, if you have multiple version control accounts of the same provider linked, Northflank will pick a linked account that has access to the repository. If `vcsLinkId` is provided, Northflank will instead use your linked account with that ID.
min length
24
max length
24
projectBranch
string required
The name of the branch to use.

{object}

Deploy from an external image

buildpack
{object}
Allows for customization of buildpack runtime

configType
string required
Type of buildpack run configuration
one of
default, customProcess, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand, originalEntrypointCustomCommand
customProcess
string
Custom process which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customProcess`
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand`, `customEntrypointCustomCommand` or `originalEntrypointCustomCommand`

docker
{object}
Allows for customization of docker runtime

configType
string required
Type of entrypoint & command override configuration
one of
default, customEntrypoint, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypoint` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`

storage
{object}

useHdbStorage
boolean
usePdSsdStorage
boolean
ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per container in MB
min
1024

shmSize
integer
Configures the amount of available memory-backed disk space available to /dev/shm
min
64

gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

gracePeriodSeconds
integer
The maximum amount of time the process has to shut down after receiving a SIGTERM signal before it is forcefully shut down SIGKILL by the system. Maximum 1800 seconds for PaaS projects and 86400 seconds for BYOC projects.
min
15
max
86400
metadata
{object}
Allow setting custom labels and annotations for workloads.

labels
{object}
Specify custom labels for the workload.

annotations
{object}
Specify custom annotations for the workload as string or object.

external
{object} required

imagePath
string required
Image to be deployed. When not deploying from Dockerhub the URL must be specified.
pattern
^(?:(?:https?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9.\-]+))?(?:\/)?([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_]+)(?::([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_:]+)|@([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_:]+))$
credentials
string
ID of the saved credentials to use to access this external image.
pattern
^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$

{object}

Deploy from a Northflank build service

buildpack
{object}
Allows for customization of buildpack runtime

configType
string required
Type of buildpack run configuration
one of
default, customProcess, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand, originalEntrypointCustomCommand
customProcess
string
Custom process which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customProcess`
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand`, `customEntrypointCustomCommand` or `originalEntrypointCustomCommand`

docker
{object}
Allows for customization of docker runtime

configType
string required
Type of entrypoint & command override configuration
one of
default, customEntrypoint, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypoint` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`

storage
{object}

useHdbStorage
boolean
usePdSsdStorage
boolean
ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per container in MB
min
1024

shmSize
integer
Configures the amount of available memory-backed disk space available to /dev/shm
min
64

gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

gracePeriodSeconds
integer
The maximum amount of time the process has to shut down after receiving a SIGTERM signal before it is forcefully shut down SIGKILL by the system. Maximum 1800 seconds for PaaS projects and 86400 seconds for BYOC projects.
min
15
max
86400
metadata
{object}
Allow setting custom labels and annotations for workloads.

labels
{object}
Specify custom labels for the workload.

annotations
{object}
Specify custom annotations for the workload as string or object.

internal
{object} required

id
(multiple options: anyOf)
ID of the build service to deploy

string

The ID of a build service in the same project

min length

max length

pattern

^[a-zA-Z](-?[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)?$

string

The ID of a build service in another project, in the format `project-id/build-service-id`

branch
string
Branch to deploy
buildSHA
(multiple options: oneOf)
Commit SHA to deploy, or 'latest' to deploy the most recent commit

string

A commit sha.

min length

max length

string

Latest commit.

one of

latest

buildId
string
ID of the build that should be deployed

{object}

Deploy from a project image

buildpack
{object}
Allows for customization of buildpack runtime

configType
string required
Type of buildpack run configuration
one of
default, customProcess, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand, originalEntrypointCustomCommand
customProcess
string
Custom process which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customProcess`
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand`, `customEntrypointCustomCommand` or `originalEntrypointCustomCommand`

docker
{object}
Allows for customization of docker runtime

configType
string required
Type of entrypoint & command override configuration
one of
default, customEntrypoint, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypoint` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`

storage
{object}

useHdbStorage
boolean
usePdSsdStorage
boolean
ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per container in MB
min
1024

shmSize
integer
Configures the amount of available memory-backed disk space available to /dev/shm
min
64

gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

gracePeriodSeconds
integer
The maximum amount of time the process has to shut down after receiving a SIGTERM signal before it is forcefully shut down SIGKILL by the system. Maximum 1800 seconds for PaaS projects and 86400 seconds for BYOC projects.
min
15
max
86400
metadata
{object}
Allow setting custom labels and annotations for workloads.

labels
{object}
Specify custom labels for the workload.

annotations
{object}
Specify custom annotations for the workload as string or object.

image
{object} required

projectId
string
min length
24
max length
24
name
string required
min length
1
group
string
min length
1
tag
string required
min length
1

{object}

Choose later

disabledCI
boolean
Whether CI should be disabled. Only relevant for jobs deploying directly from version control.
buildConfiguration
{object}

pathIgnoreRules
[array]
An array of path ignore rules. A commit will only be built if a file has been changed that does not match any of the ignore rules. Path ignore rules follow `.gitignore` syntax.

string
A path ignore rule, following `.gitignore` syntax. For example, `*.md` will ignore all files ending with `.md`.
max length
260

isAllowList
boolean
If `true`, the functionality of `pathIgnoreRules` will be inverted. A commit will only be built if a file has been changed that matches one or more of the rules in `pathIgnoreRules`.
ciIgnoreFlagsEnabled
boolean
If `true`, enables commit ignore flags. If a commit message contains one or more of the flags in `ciIgnoreFlags`, that commit will not be built.
ciIgnoreFlags
[array]
An array of commit ignore flags. If a commit message contains one or more of these flags, that commit will not be built. Defaults to `["[skip ci]", "[ci skip]", "[no ci]", "[skip nf]", "[nf skip]", "[northflank skip]", "[skip northflank]"]`

string
A commit ignore flag.
max length
72

ignoreEmptyCommits
boolean
If `true`, commits that do not modify any files will not trigger a build. Defaults to `false`, meaning empty commits build regardless of other build rules.
dockerfileTarget
string
If your Dockerfile contains multiple build stages, you can specify the target stage by entering its name here.
dockerCredentials
[array]

string
The ID of the docker credentials to use.
pattern
^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$

includeGitFolder
boolean
Include .git folder inside the build context
fullGitClone
boolean
Include the entire git history as part of the .git folder. Only relevant if "includeGitFolder" is set.
enableGitLfs
boolean
Enable Git LFS support for the build
storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

buildSettings
(multiple options: oneOf)
Build engine

{object}

Build from a Dockerfile

storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

dockerfile
{object} required

useCache
boolean
DEPRECATED: This field will be removed in the near future and currently has no effect.
buildEngine
string
Build engine to use. Defaults to recommended build engine `buildkit`
one of
buildkit, kaniko
dockerFilePath
string required
The file path of the Dockerfile.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+$
dockerWorkDir
string required
The working directory of the Dockerfile.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*$
dockerfileContents
string | null
Plain UTF-8 Dockerfile contents. Ordinary API and immediate-build values are literal. In template contexts only `${args.*}` and `${refs.*}` are resolved; native Docker `${...}` syntax is preserved. Sensitive values must use Docker secret mounts rather than template expressions or sensitive arguments or references.
buildkit
{object}

useCache
boolean
Use persistent storage to cache build layers.
cacheStorageSize
integer
The amount of persistent storage available to each build in MB.

{object}

Build from a Buildpack

storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

buildpack
{object} required

builder
string
Buildpack stack to use. Defaults to recommended stack `HEROKU_24`.
one of
HEROKU_24, HEROKU_22, HEROKU_22_CLASSIC, HEROKU_20, HEROKU_18, GOOGLE_22, GOOGLE_V1, CNB_ALPINE, CNB_BIONIC, PAKETO_JAMMY_TINY, PAKETO_JAMMY_BASE, PAKETO_JAMMY_FULL, PAKETO_TINY, PAKETO_BASE, PAKETO_FULL
buildpackLocators
[array]
Array of custom Buildpacks to use.

string
Url or registry identifier of custom Buildpack.

buildContext
string
The working directory to build in.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*$
useCache
boolean
Should build dependencies be cached?

runtimeEnvironment
{object}
An object containing the runtime environment to set for the job. Keys may only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, forward slashes and dots.

runtimeFiles
{object}
Secret files as JSON object, encrypted at rest. File path must be absolute

buildArguments
{object}
An object containing the build arguments to set for the job. Keys may only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, forward slashes and dots.

buildFiles
{object}
Secret files as JSON object, encrypted at rest. File path must be absolute

dockerSecretMounts
{object}
Docker secret mount contents as JSON object, encrypted at rest. Must be a valid Docker secret mount identifier

healthChecks
[array]
An array of health checks.

{object}
A health check object.

protocol
string required
The protocol to access the health check with.
one of
HTTP, CMD, TCP
type
string required
The type of health check.
one of
livenessProbe, readinessProbe, startupProbe
path
string
The path of the health check endpoint. Required when protocol is HTTP.
pattern
^\/([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*((\?([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+)?)*)(&([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+)?)*)*)?$
cmd
string
The command to run for the health check. Required when protocol is CMD
port
integer
Port number for the health check endpoint. Required when protocol is HTTP.
min
1
initialDelaySeconds
integer required
Initial delay, in seconds, before the health check is first run.
min
1
max
1800
periodSeconds
integer required
The time between each check, in seconds.
min
10
max
600
timeoutSeconds
integer required
The time to wait for a response before marking the health check as a failure.
min
1
max
60
failureThreshold
integer required
The maximum number of allowed failures.
min
1
max
255
successThreshold
integer
The number of successes required to mark the health check as a success.
min
1
max
255

backoffLimit
integer required
The number of attempts to rerun a job before it is marked as failed.
runOnSourceChange
string
Configure when the job should be run if the source image changes.
one of
never, cd-promote, always
activeDeadlineSeconds
integer | null
The maximum amount of time, in seconds, for a job to run before it is marked as failed.
min
1
schedule
string | null
The cron timer scheduling when to run the job.
pattern
(@(annually|yearly|monthly|weekly|daily|hourly))|((((\d+,)+\d+|(\d+(\/|-)\d+)|\d+|\*) ?){5})
suspended
boolean
Whether the cron's automatic scheduling is suspended
concurrencyPolicy
string
Whether this job should run when another instance of the job is already running. `allow` will enable multiple instances of this job to run. `forbid` will keep the current instance of the job running and stop a new instance from being run. `replace` will terminate any currently running instance of the job and start a new one.
one of
allow, forbid, replace

Response body

{object}
Response object.

data
{object} required
Result data.

name
string required
The name of the job.
min length
3
max length
52
pattern
^[a-zA-Z]((-|\s)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+((-|\s)[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)?$
description
string
A description of the job.
max length
200
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9.,?\s\\/'"()[\];`%^&*\-_:!]+$
stageId
string
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
infrastructure
{object}

architecture
string
one of
x86, arm

tags
[array]
An array of previously defined tags to help identify and group the resource.

string
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$

billing
{object} required

buildPlan
string
The ID of the build plan to use.
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
deploymentPlan
string required
The ID of the deployment plan to use.
min length
3
max length
100
pattern
^[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$
gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

disabledCI
boolean
Whether CI should be disabled. Only relevant for jobs deploying directly from version control.
buildConfiguration
{object}

pathIgnoreRules
[array]
An array of path ignore rules. A commit will only be built if a file has been changed that does not match any of the ignore rules. Path ignore rules follow `.gitignore` syntax.

string
A path ignore rule, following `.gitignore` syntax. For example, `*.md` will ignore all files ending with `.md`.
max length
260

isAllowList
boolean
If `true`, the functionality of `pathIgnoreRules` will be inverted. A commit will only be built if a file has been changed that matches one or more of the rules in `pathIgnoreRules`.
ciIgnoreFlagsEnabled
boolean
If `true`, enables commit ignore flags. If a commit message contains one or more of the flags in `ciIgnoreFlags`, that commit will not be built.
ciIgnoreFlags
[array]
An array of commit ignore flags. If a commit message contains one or more of these flags, that commit will not be built. Defaults to `["[skip ci]", "[ci skip]", "[no ci]", "[skip nf]", "[nf skip]", "[northflank skip]", "[skip northflank]"]`

string
A commit ignore flag.
max length
72

ignoreEmptyCommits
boolean
If `true`, commits that do not modify any files will not trigger a build. Defaults to `false`, meaning empty commits build regardless of other build rules.
dockerfileTarget
string
If your Dockerfile contains multiple build stages, you can specify the target stage by entering its name here.
dockerCredentials
[array]

string
The ID of the docker credentials to use.
pattern
^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$

includeGitFolder
boolean
Include .git folder inside the build context
fullGitClone
boolean
Include the entire git history as part of the .git folder. Only relevant if "includeGitFolder" is set.
enableGitLfs
boolean
Enable Git LFS support for the build
storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

buildSettings
(multiple options: oneOf)
Build engine

{object}

Build from a Dockerfile

storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

dockerfile
{object} required

useCache
boolean
DEPRECATED: This field will be removed in the near future and currently has no effect.
buildEngine
string
Build engine to use. Defaults to recommended build engine `buildkit`
one of
buildkit, kaniko
dockerFilePath
string required
The file path of the Dockerfile.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+$
dockerWorkDir
string required
The working directory of the Dockerfile.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*$
dockerfileContents
string | null
Plain UTF-8 Dockerfile contents. Ordinary API and immediate-build values are literal. In template contexts only `${args.*}` and `${refs.*}` are resolved; native Docker `${...}` syntax is preserved. Sensitive values must use Docker secret mounts rather than template expressions or sensitive arguments or references.
buildkit
{object}

useCache
boolean
Use persistent storage to cache build layers.
cacheStorageSize
integer
The amount of persistent storage available to each build in MB.

{object}

Build from a Buildpack

storage
{object}

ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per build in MB
one of
16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288
min
16384
max
65536

buildpack
{object} required

builder
string
Buildpack stack to use. Defaults to recommended stack `HEROKU_24`.
one of
HEROKU_24, HEROKU_22, HEROKU_22_CLASSIC, HEROKU_20, HEROKU_18, GOOGLE_22, GOOGLE_V1, CNB_ALPINE, CNB_BIONIC, PAKETO_JAMMY_TINY, PAKETO_JAMMY_BASE, PAKETO_JAMMY_FULL, PAKETO_TINY, PAKETO_BASE, PAKETO_FULL
buildpackLocators
[array]
Array of custom Buildpacks to use.

string
Url or registry identifier of custom Buildpack.

buildContext
string
The working directory to build in.
pattern
^\/((?!\.\.?\/)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*(?!\.\.?$)[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*$
useCache
boolean
Should build dependencies be cached?

runtimeEnvironment
{object}
An object containing the runtime environment to set for the job. Keys may only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, forward slashes and dots.

runtimeFiles
{object}
Secret files as JSON object, encrypted at rest. File path must be absolute

buildArguments
{object}
An object containing the build arguments to set for the job. Keys may only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, forward slashes and dots.

buildFiles
{object}
Secret files as JSON object, encrypted at rest. File path must be absolute

dockerSecretMounts
{object}
Docker secret mount contents as JSON object, encrypted at rest. Must be a valid Docker secret mount identifier

healthChecks
[array]
An array of health checks.

{object}
A health check object.

protocol
string required
The protocol to access the health check with.
one of
HTTP, CMD, TCP
type
string required
The type of health check.
one of
livenessProbe, readinessProbe, startupProbe
path
string
The path of the health check endpoint. Required when protocol is HTTP.
pattern
^\/([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+\/)*[a-zA-Z0-9-._]*((\?([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+)?)*)(&([a-zA-Z0-9-._]+(=[a-zA-Z0-9-._]+)?)*)*)?$
cmd
string
The command to run for the health check. Required when protocol is CMD
port
integer
Port number for the health check endpoint. Required when protocol is HTTP.
min
1
initialDelaySeconds
integer required
Initial delay, in seconds, before the health check is first run.
min
1
max
1800
periodSeconds
integer required
The time between each check, in seconds.
min
10
max
600
timeoutSeconds
integer required
The time to wait for a response before marking the health check as a failure.
min
1
max
60
failureThreshold
integer required
The maximum number of allowed failures.
min
1
max
255
successThreshold
integer
The number of successes required to mark the health check as a success.
min
1
max
255

backoffLimit
integer required
The number of attempts to rerun a job before it is marked as failed.
runOnSourceChange
string
Configure when the job should be run if the source image changes.
one of
never, cd-promote, always
activeDeadlineSeconds
integer | null
The maximum amount of time, in seconds, for a job to run before it is marked as failed.
min
1
schedule
string | null
The cron timer scheduling when to run the job.
suspended
boolean
Whether the cron's automatic scheduling is suspended
concurrencyPolicy
string
Whether this job should run when another instance of the job is already running. `allow` will enable multiple instances of this job to run. `forbid` will keep the current instance of the job running and stop a new instance from being run. `replace` will terminate any currently running instance of the job and start a new one.
one of
allow, forbid, replace
jobType
string required
Type of the job (manual or cron)
one of
cron
id
string required
Identifier for the job
appId
string required
Full identifier used for job deployment
deployment
{object}

buildpack
{object}
Allows for customization of buildpack runtime

configType
string required
Type of buildpack run configuration
one of
default, customProcess, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand, originalEntrypointCustomCommand
customProcess
string
Custom process which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customProcess`
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be run. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand`, `customEntrypointCustomCommand` or `originalEntrypointCustomCommand`

docker
{object}
Allows for customization of docker runtime

configType
string required
Type of entrypoint & command override configuration
one of
default, customEntrypoint, customCommand, customEntrypointCustomCommand
customEntrypoint
string
Custom entrypoint which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customEntrypoint` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`
customCommand
string
Custom command which should be used. Required in case where `configType` is `customCommand` or `customEntrypointCustomCommand`

storage
{object}

useHdbStorage
boolean
usePdSsdStorage
boolean
ephemeralStorage
{object}

storageSize
integer
Ephemeral storage per container in MB
min
1024

shmSize
integer
Configures the amount of available memory-backed disk space available to /dev/shm
min
64

gpu
{object}

enabled
boolean
Whether GPUs are enabled for this workload.
configuration
{object}

gpuType
string required
The type of GPU to use.
gpuCount
integer
The number of GPUs to allocate.
timesliced
boolean
Whether GPU timeslicing is enabled.

gracePeriodSeconds
integer
The maximum amount of time the process has to shut down after receiving a SIGTERM signal before it is forcefully shut down SIGKILL by the system. Maximum 1800 seconds for PaaS projects and 86400 seconds for BYOC projects.
min
15
max
86400
metadata
{object}
Allow setting custom labels and annotations for workloads.

labels
{object}
Specify custom labels for the workload.

annotations
{object}
Specify custom annotations for the workload as string or object.

vcs
{object}

projectUrl
string required
URL of the Git repo to build.
pattern
^(https:\/\/)?((www(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,})+\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,})(\.([a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,}))+(\/((?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-._]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}){2,}))+?$
projectType
string required
The VCS provider to use.
one of
bitbucket, gitlab, github, self-hosted, azure, origin
selfHostedVcsId
string
If projectType is self-hosted, the ID of the self-hosted vcs to use.
pattern
^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)|([0-9a-f]{24})$
accountLogin
string
By default, if you have multiple version control accounts of the same provider linked, Northflank will pick a linked account that has access to the repository. If `accountLogin` is provided, Northflank will instead use your linked account with that login name.
vcsLinkId
string
By default, if you have multiple version control accounts of the same provider linked, Northflank will pick a linked account that has access to the repository. If `vcsLinkId` is provided, Northflank will instead use your linked account with that ID.
min length
24
max length
24
projectBranch
string required
The name of the branch to use.

external
{object}

imagePath
string required
Image to be deployed. When not deploying from Dockerhub the URL must be specified.
pattern
^(?:(?:https?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9.\-]+))?(?:\/)?([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_]+)(?::([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_:]+)|@([a-zA-Z/-9.\-_:]+))$
credentials
string
ID of the saved credentials to use to access this external image.
pattern
^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$

internal
{object}

id
(multiple options: anyOf) required
ID of the build service to deploy

string

The ID of a build service in the same project

min length

max length

pattern

^[a-zA-Z](-?[a-zA-Z0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)?$

string

The ID of a build service in another project, in the format `project-id/build-service-id`

branch
string
Branch to deploy
buildSHA
(multiple options: oneOf)
Commit SHA to deploy, or 'latest' to deploy the most recent commit

string

A commit sha.

min length

max length

string

Latest commit.

one of

latest

buildId
string
ID of the build that should be deployed

image
{object}

projectId
string
min length
24
max length
24
name
string required
min length
1
group
string
min length
1
tag
string required
min length
1

imageUrl
string
Image registry url of the deployed image.

status
{object} required
Details about the current job status.

build
{object}
Details about the status of the most recent build.

status
string required
The current status of the build.
one of
QUEUED, PENDING, UNSCHEDULABLE, STARTING, CLONING, BUILDING, UPLOADING, ABORTED, FAILURE, SUBMISSION_FAILURE, SUCCESS, CRASHED, IN_PROGRESS
lastTransitionTime
string
The timestamp of when the build reached this status.

cluster
{object} required
Cluster information

id
string required
The id of the cluster associated with this project.
name
string required
The name of the cluster associated with this project.
namespace
string
Namespace this resource is located within on the cluster.
loadBalancers
[array]
Load balancer DNS for the cluster.

string

createdAt
string
time of creation
updatedAt
string
time of update

POST /v1/projects/{projectId}/jobs/cron

POST /v1/teams/{teamId}/projects/{projectId}/jobs/cron

Example request

Request body

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer NORTHFLANK_API_TOKEN" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"name":"Example Job","description":"A job description","billing":{"buildPlan":"nf-compute-200-8","deploymentPlan":"nf-compute-20"},"deployment":{"docker":{"configType":"default"},"storage":{"ephemeralStorage":{"storageSize":1024}},"vcs":{"projectUrl":"https://github.com/northflank/gatsby-with-northflank","projectType":"github","accountLogin":"github-user","projectBranch":"master"}},"buildConfiguration":{"pathIgnoreRules":["README.md"],"isAllowList":false,"ciIgnoreFlags":["[skip ci]","[ci skip]","[no ci]","[skip nf]","[nf skip]","[northflank skip]","[skip northflank]"],"ignoreEmptyCommits":false,"dockerCredentials":["example-docker-credential"],"storage":{"ephemeralStorage":{"storageSize":16384}}},"buildSettings":{"storage":{"ephemeralStorage":{"storageSize":16384}},"dockerfile":{"buildEngine":"buildkit","dockerFilePath":"/Dockerfile","dockerWorkDir":"/","buildkit":{"useCache":true,"cacheStorageSize":32768}}},"runtimeEnvironment":{"variable1":"abcdef","variable2":"12345"},"runtimeFiles":{"/dir/fileName":{"data":"VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=","encoding":"utf-8"}},"buildArguments":{"variable1":"abcdef","variable2":"12345"},"buildFiles":{"/dir/fileName":{"data":"VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=","encoding":"utf-8"}},"dockerSecretMounts":{"example-secret-mount_1":{"data":"VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=","encoding":"utf-8"}},"healthChecks":[{"protocol":"HTTP","type":"readinessProbe","path":"/health-check","port":8080,"initialDelaySeconds":10,"periodSeconds":60,"timeoutSeconds":1,"failureThreshold":3,"successThreshold":1}],"backoffLimit":0,"runOnSourceChange":"never","activeDeadlineSeconds":600,"schedule":"30 8 * * *","suspended":false,"concurrencyPolicy":"forbid"}' \
  https://api.northflank.com/v1/projects/{projectId}/jobs/cron

Example response

200 OK

Details about the newly created job.

JSON

{
  "data": {
    "name": "Example Job",
    "description": "A job description",
    "billing": {
      "buildPlan": "nf-compute-200-8",
      "deploymentPlan": "nf-compute-20"
    },
    "buildConfiguration": {
      "pathIgnoreRules": [
        "README.md"
      ],
      "isAllowList": false,
      "ciIgnoreFlags": [
        "[skip ci]"
      ],
      "ignoreEmptyCommits": false,
      "dockerCredentials": [
        "example-docker-credential"
      ],
      "storage": {
        "ephemeralStorage": {
          "storageSize": 16384
        }
      }
    },
    "buildSettings": {
      "storage": {
        "ephemeralStorage": {
          "storageSize": 16384
        }
      },
      "dockerfile": {
        "buildEngine": "buildkit",
        "dockerFilePath": "/Dockerfile",
        "dockerWorkDir": "/",
        "buildkit": {
          "useCache": true,
          "cacheStorageSize": 32768
        }
      }
    },
    "runtimeEnvironment": {
      "variable1": "abcdef",
      "variable2": "12345"
    },
    "runtimeFiles": {
      "/dir/fileName": {
        "data": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=",
        "encoding": "utf-8"
      }
    },
    "buildArguments": {
      "variable1": "abcdef",
      "variable2": "12345"
    },
    "buildFiles": {
      "/dir/fileName": {
        "data": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=",
        "encoding": "utf-8"
      }
    },
    "dockerSecretMounts": {
      "example-secret-mount_1": {
        "data": "VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBleGFtcGxlIHdpdGggYSB0ZW1wbGF0ZWQgJHtOT0RFX0VOVn0gdmFyaWFibGU=",
        "encoding": "utf-8"
      }
    },
    "healthChecks": [
      {
        "protocol": "HTTP",
        "type": "readinessProbe",
        "path": "/health-check",
        "port": 8080,
        "initialDelaySeconds": 10,
        "periodSeconds": 60,
        "timeoutSeconds": 1,
        "failureThreshold": 3,
        "successThreshold": 1
      }
    ],
    "backoffLimit": 0,
    "runOnSourceChange": "never",
    "activeDeadlineSeconds": 600,
    "schedule": "30 8 * * *",
    "suspended": false,
    "concurrencyPolicy": "forbid",
    "jobType": "cron",
    "id": "example-job",
    "appId": "/example-user/default-project/example-job",
    "deployment": {
      "docker": {
        "configType": "default"
      },
      "storage": {
        "ephemeralStorage": {
          "storageSize": 1024
        }
      },
      "vcs": {
        "projectUrl": "https://github.com/northflank/gatsby-with-northflank",
        "projectType": "github",
        "accountLogin": "github-user",
        "projectBranch": "master"
      },
      "external": {
        "imagePath": "nginx:latest",
        "credentials": "example-credentials"
      },
      "internal": {
        "id": "example-build-service",
        "branch": "master",
        "buildId": "premium-guide-6393"
      }
    },
    "status": {
      "build": {
        "status": "SUCCESS",
        "lastTransitionTime": "2021-11-29T11:47:16.624Z"
      }
    },
    "cluster": {
      "id": "nf-europe-west",
      "name": "nf-europe-west",
      "namespace": "ns-8zy2mcjh9zn2",
      "loadBalancers": [
        "lb.659200800000000000000000.northflank.com"
      ]
    }
  }
}