How to Set Up a Periodically Running Jenkins Pipeline | Schedule Automated Builds with Cron Syntax in Jenkins

Welcome to another hands-on Jenkins tutorial! In this video, we’ll guide you through the process of scheduling your Jenkins pipeline to run automatically at fixed intervals—daily, hourly, weekly, or any custom frequency you need—using cron-style scheduling.

Whether you're maintaining a backend service, testing code overnight, or building regular reports, setting up automated, recurring pipelines is an essential part of modern DevOps and CI/CD workflows.

In this Jenkins tutorial, you will learn:
How to write and configure cron expressions in Jenkins
Setting up periodic execution in a Declarative Jenkinsfile
Best practices for scheduling jobs in Jenkins
Avoiding common pitfalls like overlapping builds and resource contention
Debugging scheduled builds that don’t trigger
Bonus: How to view and monitor scheduled job logs

This video walks through both the Jenkins classic UI and Jenkinsfile method, giving you flexibility depending on how your project is set up.

Example Use Cases Covered:

Run a test suite every night at midnight

Build and deploy every Monday at 8 AM

Rebuild a Docker image every 6 hours

Trigger a script to clean up logs every week

Resources and References:

Jenkins Pipeline Syntax: https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/

Cron Trigger Reference: https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/pipeline/syntax/#triggers

Jenkins Timer Syntax Generator: https://crontab.guru/

Pre-Requisites:

Jenkins server set up and running

A working pipeline or job configured

Basic understanding of cron syntax and pipelines

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