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Cronicle · on a Docker VPS v0.9.80

Your task scheduler, hosted in France

🔒 VPS only

The modern cron with a web interface powered by Cronicle, to be installed and maintained by you. Your jobs, logs, and history remain on your French VPS — schedule, run, and monitor your tasks with full autonomy.

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Overview

What is Cronicle?

Cronicle is an open-source distributed task scheduler with a web interface. It allows you to schedule and run repetitive or on-demand jobs across any number of servers: a primary server holds the clock and distributes work to workers, with auto-discovery and automatic failover in case of failure. It is the modern replacement for cron.

Its interface offers real-time status, a live log viewer, CPU and memory usage tracking per job, and a performance history with graphs. Plugins can be written in any language — shell, Node.js, Python, PHP — allowing you to reuse your existing scripts.

Technically, Cronicle relies on Node.js and local disk key/value storage by default, extensible to shared storage (Amazon S3, Couchbase) required for multi-server failover. It offers a REST API with API keys, notification webhooks, as well as user accounts and access control.

Compatible offers

Host Cronicle at DINAO

No managed container for Cronicle: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 0,5 Go / 2 Go minimum).

Cronicle needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: bind mount of a host path (named volumes only in the managed offer).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €28,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Cronicle installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: the folders Cronicle needs are created on it
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Cronicle without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Cronicle or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Cronicle yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs CronicleDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Cronicle: 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Cronicle: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€28,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Cronicle (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
0,5 Go
ideal : 1 Go
Disk
2 Go
ideal : 10 Go
Image : soulteary/cronicle:latest Registry : docker.io Services : cronicle Ports : 3012:3012
Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Cronicle 6 questions

How is Cronicle better than cron?

Cronicle brings a true web interface to scheduling: visual job creation, real-time status and logs, performance history, notifications, user accounts, and an API. Your tasks are no longer scattered across invisible crontabs.

Can I run scripts in my favorite language?

Yes. Cronicle runs plugins written in any language: shell, Python, Node.js, PHP… You reuse your existing scripts without rewriting them.

What happens if a server goes down?

In distributed mode (Distributed plan), Cronicle distributes jobs across multiple workers with auto-discovery and automatic failover to another server in case of failure, ensuring continuity of your scheduled tasks.

Are technical skills required?

Job creation and monitoring are done via the web interface. Writing the executed scripts requires technical skills. You install and maintain the application on your VPS; DINAO does not manage it unless you add the paid management option.

Can I change plans or export my data?

Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade at any time, and your jobs, logs, and history remain exportable — no proprietary lock-in.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Cronicle on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Cronicle on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.