How to Run Cloud-based Cron Jobs with Semaphore

Cron is a Unix-based job scheduler used for automating repetitive tasks, and this tutorial demonstrates how to use Semaphore's workflow-scheduler/cron feature to create a simple project that checks a website's availability every five minutes by running a bash script. The tutorial outlines the process of setting up a GitHub repository with a health check script and connecting it to a Semaphore project, where users can customize workflows using Semaphore's modeling concepts like commands, jobs, and pipelines. After configuring the Semaphore workflow to execute the script, the tutorial shows how to schedule the pipeline to run every five minutes using cron syntax. The aim is to illustrate Semaphore's ease of use and fast execution capabilities, as well as how to verify and merge the configuration to the master branch on GitHub, with additional options to integrate notifications for any detected failures.