Scheduling
A schedule runs a speed test at set times. You create schedules in the Schedule Manager on the Speed Test tab of the web interface. Schedules have no keys in config.toml.
A schedule uses one of two types: an interval or exact times.
Interval
Section titled “Interval”An interval schedule runs the test again after a fixed time. The web interface offers these intervals:
| Label in the web interface | Value |
|---|---|
| Every 5 Minutes | 5m |
| Every 15 Minutes | 15m |
| Every 30 Minutes | 30m |
| Every Hour | 1h |
| Every 6 Hours | 6h |
| Every 12 Hours | 12h |
| Every Day | 24h |
| Every Week | 7d |
Netronome accepts Go duration strings, for example 30s, 5m, or 1h. It also accepts d for days and w for weeks, for example 7d or 2w.
Netronome adds a random delay of 1 to 300 seconds to each run. With the delay, two schedules with the same interval start at different times in most cases.
Exact times
Section titled “Exact times”An exact-time schedule runs the test each day at the times that you select. The value starts with exact:, then has one or more times in HH:MM format with commas between them:
exact:14:30 # Each day at 14:30 UTCexact:00:00,12:00 # Each day at 00:00 and 12:00 UTCThe web interface offers full hours, from 00:00 to 23:00. Netronome stores the times in UTC. The web interface converts the times that you select from your time zone to UTC. To change your time zone, open Settings, then Time & Timezone.
Netronome adds a random delay of 1 to 60 seconds to each run.
How runs start
Section titled “How runs start”- Netronome checks for due schedules one time each minute. A run can thus start up to one minute after its time, plus the random delay.
- After a restart, Netronome does not run the tests that it missed. It calculates the next run from the current time.
- For the time limit of a scheduled test, see Speed tests.
- Packet loss monitors and DNS monitors use the same interval formats, but without the random delay.