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Reputation: 28483

how to monitor if a scheduled task in Coldfusion sets up correctly?

I'm trying to setup my first Coldfusion scheduled task and can't get it to work. I don't have access to the cfadmin so, I need to do it using the cfschedule tag. I'm setting up something like this:

<cfschedule action = "update"
    task = "taskManager" 
    operation = "HTTPRequest"
    url = "path/to/task_manager.cfm"
    startDate = "12/01/12"
    startTime = "10:30 PM"
    interval = "60"
    resolveURL = "Yes"
    publish = "No"
    path = "#variables.baseUrl#"
    requestTimeOut = "100">

Which I'm putting in task_init.cfm. If I open this page in the browser, no errors are reported, but nothing happens.

Question:
I know scheduled tasks need to be allowed in CFAdmin. Still is there a way to test if the task is running? The task should just send an email right now, so I can see if it is working, but I'm not getting anything, I'm curious as to whether I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks!

EDIT:
Ok, so I'm halfway there. I can list tasks like so:

 <cfdump output="dump.txt" label="catch" var="#createobject("java","coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory").getCronService().listall()#">

which gives me all currently scheduled tasks.

I'm calling my task like this now:

<cfschedule  
proxyport="80"
port="80"
action="update"
operation="HTTPRequest"
task="taskManager_init"
interval="60"
publish="NO"
requestTimeOut="500"
resolveurl="NO"
startDate="12/01/2012"
startTime="11:30:00 AM"
URL="http://www.page.com/t/task_manager.cfm"
>

which, when I call and then dump all tasks creates an entry like so:

 xx) [undefined array element]

instead of:

 xx) [struct]
disabled: NO
file: [empty string]
http_port: 80
http_proxy_port: 80
interval: xxxx
operation: HTTPRequest
password: xxxxxxxxxx
path: [empty string]
paused: NO
proxy_server: [empty string]
publish: NO
request_time_out: 500
resolveurl: NO
start_date: 12/12/2012
start_time: 1:00:00 AM
task: some task
url: xxxxx
username: xxxxxxx

I can remove my [undefined array element] calling:

 <cfschedule action = "delete" task = "taskManager_init">

So, I'm able to add/remove tasks, but they don't show up correctly in the list and hence don't execute as they should.

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? (besides calling my sys-admin on Monday...)

Thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2275

Answers (1)

James A Mohler
James A Mohler

Reputation: 11120

You could look in the cfroot\lib\neo-cron.xml config file. That would confirm that the information has saved.

A running task can generate output or put details into a log file or DB. Even when the ColdFusion JVM is running perfectly normal, I have seen the scheduler run for months, and then just stop running.

Also path = "#variables.baseUrl#" looks strange. I don't think the task scheduler support variables as a part of the configuration options. You may have

Upvotes: 2

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