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# Edge Jobs

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This is a beta feature.
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Adding an Edge job can be used to schedule jobs in your Edge hosts. Jobs can be used to run any scripts you need, for example running a backup in a specified period of time.

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This functionality requires you to [enable Edge Compute](/sts/admin/settings/edge.md) features, and is currently only available for Docker Standalone environments that use `/etc/cron.d` for job scheduling.
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Edge jobs run by modifying the crontab on the underlying host, not in a container. This means that Edge jobs can make changes to the host directly, which is very powerful but also very dangerous, so use with caution.
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From the menu select **Edge Jobs** then click **Add Edge job**.

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Give the job a descriptive name then select one of the following options:

| Option                 | Overview                         |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Basic Configuration    | Select a date from the calendar. |
| Advanced Configuration | Write your own `cron` rule.      |

For a basic configuration, enable **Recurring Edge job** and select the **Edge job time** if you want the job to repeat. If you want the job to run only once, leave **Recurring Edge job** disabled and specify the **Scheduled date** instead.\
For an advanced configuration, enter a **Cron rule** to define the schedule.

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The Edge job schedule date is based on the time on the host, not the Portainer Server. Bear this in mind when scheduling jobs across time zones.
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You can then use the web editor to write the script or paste a copy in.

Once your script is ready, you can choose where to deploy it. You can select [Edge Groups](/sts/user/edge/groups.md) to deploy to with the **Edge Groups** dropdown.

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You can also select environments individually in **Target environments**. Click on an environment in the **Available environments** list to move it to the **Associated environments** list as a deployment target.

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Once you have made your selections, click **Add edge job** to create and run the job.