cron*/5 * * * *

Kubernetes CronJob — Every 5 Minutes

“Every 5 minutes”

Schedules a Kubernetes CronJob to run every 5 minutes. A common K8s CronJob schedule for frequent batch processing, queue draining, and periodic data collection in Kubernetes clusters.

Every N Minutes288 runs/day

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Field Breakdown

Field	Value	Meaning
minute	`*/5`	every 5th minute
hour	`*`	every hour
day	`*`	every day of month
month	`*`	every month
weekday	`*`	every day of week

*/5

minute

hour

day

month

weekday

Common Use Cases

✓K8s CronJob batch processing
✓Kubernetes queue drain job
✓Frequent K8s periodic task

Code Examples

Bash / crontab

# Run your script on schedule: */5 * * * *
*/5 * * * * /path/to/your/script.sh

Node.js (node-cron)

import cron from 'node-cron';

cron.schedule('*/5 * * * *', () => {
  console.log('Running scheduled task');
});

Python (APScheduler)

from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler

scheduler = BlockingScheduler()

@scheduler.scheduled_job('cron', minute='*/5')
def my_job():
    print('Running scheduled task')

scheduler.start()

GitHub Actions Workflow

Generate a ready-to-use .github/workflows/schedule.yml file. Customize the name and download directly.

GitHub Actions

Workflow Name

Job ID

# .github/workflows/schedule.yml
name: Kubernetes CronJob — Every 5 Minutes

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch: # allow manual trigger

jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Run scheduled task
        run: |
          echo "Running on schedule: */5 * * * *"
          # Add your commands here

Save as .github/workflows/schedule.yml in your repository root

Cron Syntax Quick Reference

Field	Allowed Values	Special Chars
minute	0–59	* , - /
hour	0–23	* , - /
day of month	1–31	* , - /
month	1–12 or JAN–DEC	* , - /
day of week	0–7 or SUN–SAT	* , - /

Special characters: *= any value ,= list -= range / = step

Related Patterns — Every N Minutes

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