Overview
Risk Legion uses scheduled tasks for maintenance, cleanup, and automated processes. These can be configured via system cron, Docker, or external schedulers.Scheduled Tasks
Daily Tasks
Weekly Tasks
Monthly Tasks
Implementation
System Cron (EC2)
Docker-Based Cron
Using APScheduler
Task Scripts
Check Overdue Actions
Database Maintenance
Archive Audit Logs
External Schedulers
AWS EventBridge
For serverless scheduling:GitHub Actions Scheduled Workflow
Monitoring Cron Jobs
Logging
Health Checks
Use Cronitor or Healthchecks.io:Best Practices
Idempotency
Idempotency
- Jobs should be safe to run multiple times
- Use database transactions
- Check for already-processed items
Error Handling
Error Handling
- Catch and log exceptions
- Send alerts on failures
- Implement retry logic
Monitoring
Monitoring
- Log job start and completion
- Track job duration
- Alert on job failures
- Use dead man’s switch monitors
Resource Management
Resource Management
- Run heavy jobs during off-peak hours
- Batch large operations
- Set appropriate timeouts