CRON Job on Render Server

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Students have asked how to run a CRON job on Render.

Select CRON Job server type:

Specify the CRON interval, and the script to be run (for example send email every 5 mins). Choose instance type (no free servers available unfortunately):

FYI CRON for every night at 1am would be: 0 1 * * *

Set env vars

Then sit back and watch the job run at specified intervals (in this case every 5 minutes). See the logs: