.crontab.example

#
# The following crontab removes all deploys that are in a pending state longer
# than N minutes.  (N is configurable in the .env file; see .env.example for more
# information.)
#
# As you can see, the cron runs every 5 minutes; on each run, the rake task stops
# deploys that have been in a pending state for > N minutes.  A suggested value
# for N is 20.
#
# An explanation (and examples) of the components that make up the crontab are
# given below.
#
# part_1: setting up the environment for rbenv or rvm
# - example: part_1 = < . /opt/boxen/env.sh >
#
# part_2: your samson directory
# - example: < /Users/username/git/samson >
#
# part_3: rake command for production environment
# - example: < bundle exec rake RAIL_ENV=production deploys:stop_expired_deploys >
#
# part_3: rake command for development environment
# - example: < bundle exec rake RAIL_ENV=development deploys:stop_expired_deploys >
#
# Note: rake task name is < deploys:stop_expired_deploys >
#
#
# general form of the crontab
#
# */5 * * * * /bin/bash -c 'part_1 ; cd part_2 ; part_3'
#
# full example:
#
# */5 * * * * /bin/bash -c '. /opt/boxen/env.sh; cd /Users/username/git/samson; bundle exec rake RAILS_ENV=production deploys:stop_expired_deploys'
#
# When you want to dump the output of the cron
# */5 * * * * /bin/bash -c '. /opt/boxen/env.sh; cd /Users/username/git/samson; bundle exec rake RAILS_ENV=production deploys:stop_expired_deploys >> /tmp/samson_cron.log 2>&1'