TRACK CRON JOBS WITH POWERSHELL LANGUAGE

Track your PowerShell cron jobs

![Track your PowerShell cron jobs]

When setting up cron jobs in Powershell, it is usually crucial to keep track of their execution and whether they have been executed successfully or not. Sometimes, a minor failure in a cronjob can cause your Powershell application to stop working correctly. Palzin Track makes it easy to track your cron jobs and their execution status all in real-time, and it works seamlessly with your Powershell code.

Connect Palzin Track to PowerShell

Setting up your account

Setting up Palzin Track with PowerShell is very simple!

1. Create a free Palzin Track account.
2. Create a new project on your dashboard.
3. Copy your API token from the settings page.

PowerShell code snippets

Once your Palzin Track account is set up, you can use the following code snippets to track your cron jobs. Just replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your Palzin Track API token and update your project name.

Using PowerShell with RestMethod

$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary\[\[String\],\[String\]\]"  


$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")  


$headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")  


$body = "{`"project`":`"my-project`",`"channel`":`"cronjobs`",`"event`":`"Cronjob Started`",`"description`":`"job: email-notifications`",`"icon`":`"⏰`",`"notify`":true}"  


$response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body  


$response | ConvertTo-Json

PowerShell integration details

Palzin Track is an easy-to-use event tracking tool that allows you to track any event within your PowerShell application. One of the most common use cases for Palzin Track is tracking cron jobs as they are being executed. With Palzin Track, you can receive real-time push notifications on your desktop and mobile devices whenever a new cronjob is executed. In addition, you can create simple charts and filter through your data to help you better understand how your PowerShell application is performing.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

1. Monitor your CI/CD build status for your PowerShell application
2. Monitor your CPU usage in your PowerShell application
3. Monitor when database goes down in your PowerShell application
4. Monitor high disk usage in your PowerShell application
5. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your PowerShell application
6. Monitor failed logins in your PowerShell application
7. Monitor failed payments for your PowerShell application
8. Monitor memory usage in your PowerShell application
9. Monitor MySQL downtime in your PowerShell application
10. Monitor when a new feature is used in your PowerShell application
11. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your PowerShell application
12. Monitor Redis downtime in your PowerShell application
13. Monitor suspicious activity in your PowerShell application
14. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your PowerShell service
15. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your PowerShell application
16. Get a notification when your PowerShell code is done executing
17. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PowerShell
18. Track canceled subscriptions in your PowerShell application
19. Track when a file is uploaded to your PowerShell application
20. Track when a form is submitted to your PowerShell application
21. Track payment events via PowerShell
22. Track user sign in events in PowerShell
23. Monitor user signup events via PowerShell
24. Track waitlist signup events via PowerShell