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⏰ How to Set Up a Periodically Running Jenkins Pipeline | Schedule Automated Builds with Cron Syntax in Jenkins
Welcome to another hands-on Jenkins tutorial! In this video, we’ll guide you through the process of scheduling your Jenkins pipeline to run automatically at fixed intervals—daily, hourly, weekly, or any custom frequency you need—using cron-style scheduling.
Whether you're maintaining a backend service, testing code overnight, or building regular reports, setting up automated, recurring pipelines is an essential part of modern DevOps and CI/CD workflows.
🎯 In this Jenkins tutorial, you will learn:
✅ How to write and configure cron expressions in Jenkins
✅ Setting up periodic execution in a Declarative Jenkinsfile
✅ Best practices for scheduling jobs in Jenkins
✅ Avoiding common pitfalls like overlapping builds and resource contention
✅ Debugging scheduled builds that don’t trigger
✅ Bonus: How to view and monitor scheduled job logs
💻 This video walks through both the Jenkins classic UI and Jenkinsfile method, giving you flexibility depending on how your project is set up.
📌 Example Use Cases Covered:
Run a test suite every night at midnight
Build and deploy every Monday at 8 AM
Rebuild a Docker image every 6 hours
Trigger a script to clean up logs every week
📘 Resources and References:
Jenkins Pipeline Syntax:
Cron Trigger Reference:
Jenkins Timer Syntax Generator:
🔧 Pre-Requisites:
Jenkins server set up and running
A working pipeline or job config
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2025/05/10
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