Kubernetes CronJob Generator

How to use

1. 1Enter a name and a cron schedule, or click a preset like Daily 02:00 or Every 15 minutes. The schedule is validated against the five-field Kubernetes cron format as you type.
2. 2Optionally set spec.timeZone so the schedule runs in a specific IANA zone, and choose a concurrency policy to control what happens when a run overlaps the next tick.
3. 3Fill in the container image (use an explicit tag, not latest), then set the command and args. Quote any token that contains spaces, such as a /bin/sh -c script.
4. 4Adjust retries, history limits, restart policy, environment variables, and CPU and memory requests and limits to match your workload. Watch the validation panel for errors and warnings.
5. 5Copy the generated cronjob.yaml, save it to a file, and run the kubectl apply command shown below. Use the manual-trigger snippet to test one run without waiting for the schedule.

About this tool

Kubernetes CronJob Generator turns a cron schedule plus a container image and command into a complete, apply-ready CronJob manifest (apiVersion: batch/v1, kind: CronJob), the same shape kubectl emits, so you can save it as a file and run kubectl apply -f cronjob.yaml without hand-editing indentation. It is built for the everyday task of scheduling recurring work on a cluster: a nightly cleanup, an hourly export, a database backup, a report mailer. The schedule field is validated against the five-field cron format Kubernetes actually uses (minute, hour, day-of-month, month, day-of-week) with the standard operators (lists, ranges, and steps) plus the Vixie nicknames Kubernetes accepts (@yearly, @annually, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, @midnight, @hourly). Each field is range-checked, and on a bad expression the tool names the exact field and reason rather than silently rewriting it. Because Kubernetes does not accept the robfig @every duration syntax or a seconds field, those are flagged with a clear explanation instead of producing a manifest a cluster would reject. The form exposes the fields that decide whether scheduled jobs stay healthy: concurrencyPolicy (Allow, Forbid, or Replace) to control overlap when a run is slow, spec.timeZone to interpret the schedule in a named IANA zone on clusters running 1.27 or newer, suspend to pause scheduling, successfulJobsHistoryLimit and failedJobsHistoryLimit to bound how many finished Jobs are kept, startingDeadlineSeconds for missed-start tolerance, and the Job-level backoffLimit and activeDeadlineSeconds plus the pod restartPolicy (OnFailure or Never) for retry and timeout behavior. The container section takes the image, an optional imagePullPolicy, a command that overrides the image ENTRYPOINT, args that override CMD, environment variables, and CPU and memory requests and limits in Kubernetes quantity units. The command and args inputs are tokenized with a shell-style parser that honors single and double quotes and backslash escaping, so /bin/sh -c with a quoted script becomes a correct argv array. The YAML is produced by a deterministic writer that only quotes the scalar values YAML requires, such as the empty string, leading-indicator characters, or strings that would otherwise parse as numbers or booleans, which keeps the output readable and stable. Validation runs continuously with error, warning, and informational levels: the name is checked against the DNS-1123 label rules and the 52-character CronJob limit (the controller appends a suffix to generated Job names), an untagged or latest image is flagged as non-reproducible, resource quantities are sanity-checked, and a frequent schedule combined with Allow concurrency triggers a pile-up warning. Ready-to-run kubectl snippets for applying the manifest and for triggering a single manual run from the CronJob are generated alongside the YAML. Everything is computed in your browser, so the image, command, environment values, and schedule you enter are never uploaded, logged, or sent anywhere.

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