Features

Schedules

Create cron jobs and one-time tasks for server automation.

By bthavanish

Scheduled Tasks

Schedules let you run actions on servers at regular intervals using cron expressions.

Schedule Model

Field	Type	Description
`id`	Int	Auto-incrementing ID
`serverId`	String	Server UUID
`name`	String	Display name
`cron`	String	Cron expression (5 or 6 parts)
`enabled`	Boolean	Whether schedule is active
`timeOffset`	Int	Time offset in minutes
`lastRunAt`	DateTime	Last execution time
`nextRunAt`	DateTime	Next scheduled run

Schedule Tasks

Each schedule has one or more tasks that run in order:

Field	Type	Description
`id`	Int	Auto-incrementing ID
`scheduleId`	Int	Schedule FK
`order`	Int	Execution order
`action`	String	Task type
`payload`	Text	Action-specific data
`timeOffset`	Int	Delay before this task (ms)

Action Types

Action	Payload	Description
`command`	`{ "command": "restart" }`	Send command to server console
`power`	`{ "action": "start" }`	Power action (start/stop/restart/kill)
`backup`	`{ "name": "auto-backup" }`	Create a backup

Cron Expressions

Standard 5-part cron syntax:

┌───── minute (0-59)
│ ┌───── hour (0-23)
│ │ ┌───── day of month (1-31)
│ │ │ ┌───── month (1-12)
│ │ │ │ ┌───── day of week (0-6, Sunday=0)
│ │ │ │ │
* * * * *

Examples:

0 * * * * (every hour)
0 0 * * * (daily at midnight)
*/15 * * * * (every 15 minutes)
0 2 * * 1 (every Monday at 2 AM)

Creating Schedules

POST /api/v2/servers/:id/schedules
{
  "name": "Hourly Restart",
  "cron": "0 * * * *",
  "action": "power",
  "payload": "{\"action\":\"restart\"}",
  "enabled": true
}

Running Schedules Manually

POST /api/v2/servers/:id/schedules/:scheduleId/run

Executes all tasks in order immediately, regardless of the cron schedule.

Task Management

Adding Tasks

POST /api/v2/servers/:id/schedules/:scheduleId/tasks
{
  "action": "backup",
  "payload": "{\"name\":\"pre-restart backup\"}",
  "order": 0,
  "timeOffset": 0
}

Removing Tasks

DELETE /api/v2/servers/:id/schedules/:scheduleId/tasks/:taskId

Sub-User Permissions

schedule.read (view schedules)
schedule.create (create/update schedules and tasks)
schedule.delete (delete schedules and tasks)

Scheduler Worker

The panel includes a scheduler worker (src/handlers/schedulerWorker.ts) that:

Runs on a timer (checks every minute)
Finds enabled schedules where nextRunAt has passed
Sends tasks to the daemon for execution
Updates lastRunAt and calculates nextRunAt.