# Nextcloud Cronjob

Nextcloud Cronjob is an archived companion Docker container that reliably runs the Nextcloud cron.php background-job task at regular intervals for self-hosters using the official Nextcloud Docker image. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Docker Hub and Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/644/nextcloud-cronjob

## Description

Nextcloud-cronjob is an archived companion Docker container that reliably runs the Nextcloud cron.php background-job task at regular intervals for self-hosters using the official Nextcloud Docker image.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

31/100 (Low), based on 4 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 0 (GitHub repository is archived)
- Popular: 37 (70 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 35 (1 install platform, install notes, Docker image)
- Light to run: 100 (128 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM)

## Links

- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/rcdailey/nextcloud-cronjob
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/nextcloud-cronjob-0lu78qr1rz7wz3?q=Nextcloud-cronjob
- GitHub: https://github.com/rcdailey/nextcloud-cronjob

## Common questions

### How does Nextcloud-cronjob run Nextcloud's cron job?

It executes php -f /var/www/html/cron.php inside the Nextcloud container using docker exec. The default interval in the provided example is every 15 minutes.

### How do you tell the cron container which Nextcloud container to use?

Set NEXTCLOUD_CONTAINER_NAME to the Nextcloud service name and NEXTCLOUD_PROJECT_NAME to the Docker Compose project prefix. If you are not using Docker Compose, leave NEXTCLOUD_PROJECT_NAME blank or omit it.

### Does the cron container need its own network, database, or ports?

No. The example runs with network_mode: none and relies on the mounted Docker socket to execute commands in the Nextcloud container.

### Why might the official Nextcloud container cron approach fail?

The README says the official method does not work when the Nextcloud container is run using a non-root user.

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