Task Runner

A very simple webapp which should act as a cron replacement with a web-interface. You may define tasks in a tasks.json file:

[{
	"name": "A Task",
	"script": "/usr/bin/cat",
	"args": [ "/etc/fstab" ]
}, {
	"name": "Another Task",
	"script": "/usr/bin/date"
}]

You can then run any of these tasks through a web UI:

Setup

To get started, simply install this package (npm install -g @paulavery/task-runner) and then start the application via task-runner.

You may set the following environment variables to configure the application:

• TR_PORT: The port to run the application on. Defaults to 3000
• TR_TASKFILE: The file from which to read the task definitions. Defaults to tasks.json in the current working directory.
• TR_DATABASE: The sqlite database file to save information about previous task invocations to. Defaults to tasks.db in the current working directory.

TODO

• Definable Intervals / Automatic running of tasks