Scheduled Tasks

Pro feature, admin-only

Scheduled tasks can restart or auto-update any container on the host, so only admin role users can manage them.

Automate routine host maintenance on a cron schedule from Scheduled Tasks.

Task Types

• Prune unused images — docker image prune equivalent
• Prune unused volumes — docker volume prune equivalent
• Restart a container — pick any container on the host from a live dropdown
• Auto-update a container (watchtower-style) — see below

Auto-update, Explained

This is a minimal, self-contained version of what Watchtower does:

1. Inspect the target container to get its current image reference and image ID
2. Pull that image reference fresh
3. Compare the newly-pulled image's ID against the container's current one
4. If they differ, stop and remove the old container, then recreate it in place — same name, environment, port bindings, volumes, and restart policy — on the new image, and start it
5. If they're the same, it's a no-op — logged as "already up to date"

This works against any container on the host, not just ones DockPod deployed.

Schedule Format

Standard 5-field cron expressions (minute hour day month weekday). The create dialog includes quick presets — Every 15 minutes, Every hour, Every day at midnight, Every Sunday at midnight — or you can type a custom expression.

Enable/Disable

Toggle a task on or off directly from the list without opening the edit dialog — a disabled task's cron entry is removed from the scheduler immediately, not just hidden in the UI.

History

Every run records its outcome — success/failed status, a human-readable result message (e.g. "pruned 2 image(s), reclaimed 45MB"), and a timestamp — visible on the task's card.