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Ask HN: What's the simplest way to run a cron script on the cloud?

5 points by 1penny42cents ↗ HN
I have a proof-of-concept script that should run once a day. I would prefer to not run a server all day for a one-time job. What's your preferred way to provision something like this on the cloud?

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quickthrower2
Azure has logic app service.

But it depends on what you already have. I have a side project with a ec2 running node so I just use cron from npm (rather than the os cron) to do the trick and pm2 to keep that node running.

tnolet
Heroku with the Heroku scheduler addon.
ecesena
Cron on app engine is free, assuming your script is light enough. You may need a paid account if you have to connect externally, but you can set $0 as total budget.