Scheduling
Platform-native scheduling tools for recurring jobs that do not require a full orchestration framework — Linux cron and systemd timers, GCP Cloud Scheduler and Cloud Workflows, and Windows Task Scheduler.
mindmap ((Scheduling)) (Linux cron, systemd) (GCP Cloud Scheduler) (Windows Task Scheduler)
Cron syntax and crontab management, systemd timers with OnCalendar, at/batch for one-time jobs, anacron for intermittent machines, overlap prevention with flock, cron environment and PATH gotchas, SSH configuration for remote scheduling, and a decision table for cron vs Airflow vs Cloud Scheduler.
Cloud Scheduler (managed cron-as-a-service) with HTTP, Pub/Sub, and App Engine targets, Cloud Tasks for durable rate-limited queues, Cloud Workflows for multi-step serverless orchestration, Eventarc for event-driven triggers, wiring patterns for Cloud Run jobs and Cloud Functions, and a cost/capability comparison across all four services.
schtasks.exe (legacy CLI), PowerShell ScheduledTasks module (Register-ScheduledTask, triggers, settings), PSScheduledJob for native PowerShell output, data engineering patterns for SSIS/sqlcmd/Python pipelines, event-based triggers (ONLOGON, ONEVENT), and a mapping to Linux cron equivalents.