cronmon

Node.js module for executing cron jobs and monitoring their run results with email and slack notifications

Getting Started

npm i cronmon

Basic Usage

let Cronmon = require('cronmon');
let cronmon = new Cronmon({
    command: 'ls -al',
    crontab: '* * * * *',
    expectedExitCode: 0
});

Advanced Configuration

let Cronmon = require('cronmon');
let cronmon = new Cronmon({
    
    // required
    command: 'ls -al',
    crontab: '* * * * *',
    expectedExitCode: 0, // Must be of type int
    
    // optional
    name: 'Test Command',
    timeout: 30000, // timeout for command execution (default 60000)
    silent: false, // Set to true to receive no additional logging (defaults false)

    // Cronmon uses 'emailjs' behind the scenes
    // For additional details on configuration, check out their docs
    // https://github.com/eleith/emailjs

    email: {
        enabled: true,
        // required
        user: '[email protected]',
        password: 'YourPassword123',
        host: 'smtp.gmail.com',
        ssl: true,
        recipients: '[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]',
        from: 'Cronmon <[email protected]>',
        // optional
        alertOnSuccess: false,
    },

    // Cronmon uses 'node-slack' behind the scenes
    // For additional details on configuration, check out their docs
    // https://github.com/xoxco/node-slack

    slack: {
        enabled: true,
        // required
        hookUri: '', // Get this from your Slack API dev console
        channel: '#dev', // Make sure to prefix with a '#'
        username: 'Cronmon',
        // optional
        alertOnSuccess: false
    },

    // Will run after job exectution regardless of exitCode (optional)
    callback: (exitCode, output) => {
        console.log('Callback!');
    }
    
});

You can manually start and stop your processes via:

cronmon.start(); // Set autoStart: false in config obj to init manually via method
cronmon.stop();