TaskForest
A simple, expressive, open-source, text-file-based Job Scheduler with console, HTTP, and RESTful API interfaces.
Documentation
  1. Downloading TaskForest
  2. Installing TaskForest
  3. Configuring TaskForest
    1. Jobs & Families
    2. Calendars
    3. Automatic Retries
    4. Sending Emails
    5. Options
    6. Configuration File
  5. Running TaskForest
  6. Running the TaskForest Web Server
  7. Web Server Security
  8. Checking TaskForest Status
  9. Rerunning a Job
  10. Marking a Job
  11. Tokens
  12. Releasing all Dependencies from a Job
  13. Putting a Job on Hold
  14. Releasing a Hold Off a Job
  15. HOWTO
  16. The RESTful Web Service
  17. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  18. Bugs
  19. Change Log
  20. Author
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. Copyright

Configuring TaskForest

There are two main parts to configuring TaskForest: configuring the Family files that specify job dependencies, and setting the options that determine TaskForest's behavior.

Precedence of Different Options Sources

All settings (required and optional) may be specified in a variety of ways: command line, environment variable and config file. The order of preferences is this: Most options have default values. Settings specified in the config file override those defaults. Settings specified in environment variables take override those specified in the config file and the default values. Setting specified on the command line override those specified in envrionment variables, and those specified in the config files and the default values.

The names of the environment variable are the same as the names of the settings on the command line (or in the config file), but they should be in UPPER CASE, with ``TF_'' prepended. For example, the environment variable name for the 'run_wrapper' setting is 'TF_RUN_WRAPPER'.

 
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