BeyondCron scheduler

Note: if apt-get update returns an error similar to The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found, install the package apt-transport-https. If that is not possible, change the repository protocol to http.

yum

Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/beyondcron.repo with the following contents:

[beyondcron] name=BeyondCron packages baseurl=https://beyondcron.com/dists/stable gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://beyondcron.com/dists/stable/RPM-GPG-KEY-beyondcron metadata_expire=300 enabled=1

Appliance

To test BeyondCron in a pre-configured demonstration environment, simply download the appliance, and import into VirtualBox or VMware.

2.0.180302

stable

BeyondCron-demo-2.0.180302.ova

Note: when importing into VMware, you may need to import with relaxed checks.

Pre-configured users

The appliance is pre-configured with the following operating system and BeyondCron users.

jsmith	User with full BeyondCron administration permissions.
guest	User with BeyondCron read only permissions.

Note: each users password is the same as their name.

Using the web interface

To connect to the BeyondCron web interface (bc-web), connect to http://<appliance_hostname>:8080, and login in as jsmith or guest.

Using the command line interface

To use the BeyondCron command line interface (bc-cli), simply ssh into the appliance as jsmith, or guest, and execute bc-cli.

Note: If using VirtualBox, and the default ports 22 & 8080 are already in use, VirtualBox will change them to available ports. To confirm which ports, in VirtualBox:

display the settings window
select the “Network” tab
select “Advanced”
select “Port Forwarding”