Workers & Cron
FluxNow lets you run background workers and scheduled cron jobs alongside your web process, all from the same container image.
Workers
Section titled “Workers”Workers are long-running background processes — for example, a queue consumer or a real-time data processor.
- Each worker is a separate container running a command you configure in the dashboard
- Workers use the same built container image as your web process
- Configure the command, resource limits, and whether the worker should always be on or start on-demand
- Worker logs are available in the dashboard, separate from your web process logs
Cron jobs
Section titled “Cron jobs”Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that run on a configurable schedule using standard cron syntax.
Examples:
| Schedule | Meaning |
|---|---|
0 * * * * | Every hour at :00 |
0 0 * * * | Every day at midnight |
*/15 * * * * | Every 15 minutes |
- Configure the schedule and command in the project dashboard — no config file in the repository
- Cron jobs run inside your container image with access to all injected environment variables
- Logs for each cron run are visible in the dashboard per job
Configuring workers and cron
Section titled “Configuring workers and cron”Workers and cron jobs are managed from the project dashboard under Settings → Processes. You can add, edit, or remove them at any time without redeploying.