I'm trying to create a Kubernetes scheduled job, however, I noticed that:

• On Kubernetes versions >= v1.4 it's called ScheduledJob (http://janetkuo.github.io/docs/user-guide/scheduled-jobs/)
• On Kubernetes versions >= v1.5 it's called *CronJob (http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/cron-jobs/)

The default Kubernetes version running on Google Container Engine is v1.4.6 which means I should use ScheduledJob objects.

The problem is that ScheduledJob uses the batch/v2alpha1 API version which isn't enabled on my Cluster so the job creation fails, on the other hand, creating a new cluster with Alpha Features enabled will only last for 30 days (Google automatically deletes it afterward).

Is there any production-ready solution to schedule jobs on Google Container Engine?

Thanks,

Idan

edit:

Below is the official response from Google Support:

As you’ve noticed, the scheduled jobs/cron jobs feature is currently in alpha.

We realize this is a much-requested feature and are working to get it production-ready in the future. Until then, there is unfortunately no supported feature I can recommend for production.