Monitoring Cron Jobs
Set up monitoring and alerts for reliable cron job execution.
Monitoring: Essential for production cron jobs to detect failures and ensure business continuity.
Health Checks
Deadman Switch
# Ping monitoring service on success
0 2 * * * /opt/scripts/backup.sh && curl -fsS --retry 3 https://hc-ping.com/your-uuid-here
Heartbeat File
# Create heartbeat file
0 */6 * * * /opt/scripts/health-check.sh && touch /tmp/cron-heartbeat
Monitoring Tools
Healthchecks.io
Free cron monitoring service
Cronitor
Professional cron monitoring
UptimeRobot
Heartbeat monitoring
Custom Scripts
Roll your own monitoring