TASK 82: Create Cronjobs in Kubernetes

Requirements

There are some jobs/tasks that need to be run regularly on different schedules. Currently the Nautilus Devops team is working on developing some scripts that will be executed on different schedules, but for the time being the team is creating some cron jobs in Kubernetes cluster with some dummy commands (which will be replaced by original scripts later). Create a cronjob as per details given below:

• Create a cronjob named nautilus.

• Set schedule to */11 * * * *.

• Container name should be cron-nautilus.

• Use nginx image with latest tag only and remember to mention the tag i.e nginx:latest.

• Run a dummy command echo Welcome to xfusioncorp!.

• Ensure restart policy is OnFailure.

Note: The kubectl utility on jump_host has been configured to work with the kubernetes cluster.

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Note

This document focuses on the implementation approach. The task statement in Requirements is preserved as the source requirement.

Prerequisites

• Access to the configured Kubernetes cluster from jump_host.
• kubectl is configured and points to the correct context.
• Use the task-specified namespace, resource names, and images exactly.

Steps

Check if there are any running CronJobs.

$ kubectl get cronjob -A
No resources found 

Create the CronJob based on the requirements.

# cronjob.yml
apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: nautilus
spec:
  schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
            - name: cron-nautilus
              image: nginx:latest
              command:
                - /bin/sh
                - -c
                - echo Welcome to xfusioncorp
          restartPolicy: OnFailure

Update (July 2023):

When we try to apply the manifest above, we will get the following error:

error: resource mapping not found for name: "datacenter" namespace: "" from "cronjob.yml": no matches for kind "CronJob" in version "batch/v1beta1"
ensure CRDs are installed first  

This is because the "batch/v1beta1" API version for CronJobs might not be available in your Kubernetes cluster. The "batch/v1beta1" version for CronJobs was deprecated in favor of "batch/v1" in recent Kubernetes versions.

Modify the manifest

# cronjob.yml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
  name: nautilus
spec:
  schedule: "*/5 * * * *"
  jobTemplate:
    spec:
      template:
        spec:
          containers:
            - name: cron-nautilus
              image: nginx:latest
              command:
                - /bin/sh
                - -c
                - echo Welcome to xfusioncorp
          restartPolicy: OnFailure  

Create the manifest for the resource definitions.

kubectl apply -f cronjob.yml

The job will create a Pod. Also check for the job status.

$ kubectl get pod
NAME                       READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
xfusion-1672670880-x6kqn   0/1     Completed   0          10m20s  

$ kubectl get jobs

NAME                 COMPLETIONS   DURATION   AGE
xfusion-1672670880   1/1           34s        10m23s 

We could also verify that the Pod did its job by checking the logs.

$ kubectl logs xfusion-1672670880-x6kqn
Welcome to xfusioncorp 

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Verification

• Confirm the required pods/services/deployments/jobs are in the expected state.
• Run kubectl get commands for the affected resource types and namespace.

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