.. _installation_cron:

Activating Job Scheduler
========================

A ``job`` is a process that can be started manually or automatically
periodically.

If you plan to use jobs which are peridically started, you have to configure
the CRON service. To do so, create the the file ``/etc/cron.d/cioexecute`` with
the following content:

.. code-block:: bash

   #
   # Regular cron jobs for cioexecute
   #

   */3 * * * *  ciouser  /usr/local/virtualenv3/bin/cioexecute /home/ciouser/Chrysalio/ciouser.ini --cron --log-file /home/ciouser/Chrysalio/Var/Log/ciouser.log

Now, every 3 minutes, the CioService scheduler will start pending jobs.