Working with the Job Scheduler

This topic describes the basic functionality of the job schedulers available in CERT+. These cron jobs are scheduled in the background to check, monitor, audit the certificates in inventory. The AppViewX Platform cron job checks the certificate cron job every 15 minutes and looks for the changes and triggers the job at a scheduled time.
The Cron job frameworks are:
  • Check
  • Monitor
  • Audit

Check

  • Each Cron Job is executed for the batch of certificates (depending on the job) asynchronously and on successful completion, the status is updated in the database.
  • All Cron jobs executed asynchronously based on the scheduled time.
  • Each Cron job is bound to the internal business logic to update the status in the database.

Monitor

  • Cron jobs are scheduled at recurring intervals and customized to run the job multiple times in a day or months.
  • Audit Logs are captured in the logging subsystem.

Audit

  • The auditing is enabled subsystem-wise (ADC+ and CERT+) based on internal business logic.
  • Notification logs and Audit logs are captured for each internal business logic.
For the full list and details of scheduled jobs supported in CERT+, click here.

Enabling/Disabling a Job

  1. Go to (Menu) > CERT+ > Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Under Task Name, for the required job, click the Enabled/Disabled toggle key.
    The key label shows the current job status.

Modifying the Configuration of a Job

  1. Under Task Name, select the required job.
    A dialog box with the configuration for the selected job is displayed.
  2. Update the job configuration as required and click Update.
    Table 1. Field descriptions for the job configuration
    Frequency Type Description
    Description Enter details related to the job. The character limit is 2000 characters
    Time Zone From the dropdown list, select the time zone in which the job will be triggered.
    Occurrence Type From the dropdown list, from the following options, select an occurrence frequency:
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
    • Minutes
    *Starts On Click (Calendar widget) to select a date to start triggering the job.
    *Repeat (Optional) For Occurrence Type = Daily, from the dropdown list, select the number of Times a job should be triggered in the course of a day.

    (Mandatory) For Occurrence Type = Minutes, from the dropdown list, select the interval, in Minutes, after which the job should be triggered.
    *Repeat On For Occurrence Type = Weekly, select the checkbox corresponding to the day of the week on which the job should be triggered.
    Summary Displays a summary of the selections made for the job schedule.
    *: Mandatory fields