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61 lines
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Crontab UI
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Editing the plain text crontab is error prone for managing jobs, e.g., adding jobs, deleting jobs, or pausing jobs. A small mistake can easily bring down all the jobs and might cost you a lot of time. With Crontab UI, it is very easy to manage crontab. Here are the key features of Crontab UI.
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1. Easy setup. You can even import from existing crontab.
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2. Safe adding, deleting or pausing jobs. Easy to maintain hundreds of jobs.
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3. Backup your crontabs.
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4. Export crontab and deploy on other machines without much hassle.
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5. Error log support.
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Read [this](http://lifepluslinux.blogspot.in/2015/06/crontab-ui-easy-and-safe-way-to-manage.html) to see more details.
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##Setup
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npm install -g crontab-ui
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crontab-ui
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If you need to set/use an alternate port, you may do so by setting an environment variable before starting the process:
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PORT=9000 crontab-ui
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If you need to autosave your changes to crontab directly:
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crontab-ui --autosave
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###Adding, deleting, pausing and resuming jobs.
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Once setup Crontab UI provides you with a web interface using which you can manage all the jobs without much hassle.
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###Import from existing crontab
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Import from existing crontab file automatically.
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###Backup and restore crontab
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Keep backups of your crontab in case you mess up.
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###Export and import crontab on multiple instances of Crontab UI.
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If you want to run the same jobs on multiple machines simply export from one instance and import the same on the other. No SSH, No copy paste!
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But make sure to take a backup before importing.
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###Separate error log support for every job
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###Contribute
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Fork Crontab UI and contribute to it. Pull requests are encouraged.
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###License
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[MIT](LICENSE.md)
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