SchedulerX is a task scheduling service in Microservices Engine (MSE). It provides scheduling, management, monitoring, and alerting for tasks across your applications. Activate SchedulerX to begin creating and managing scheduled tasks.
MSE offers two task scheduling editions:
| Edition | Description | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| SchedulerX Edition | Alibaba Cloud's native task scheduling engine, available in Basic and Professional tiers. Supports pay-as-you-go billing based on Compute Units (CUs). | Billing of SchedulerX Edition instances |
| XXL-JOB Edition | A managed edition based on the XXL-JOB task scheduling platform. Supports both subscription and pay-as-you-go billing. | Billing of XXL-JOB Edition instances |
Step 1: Open the purchase page
How you reach the purchase page depends on whether you have already activated the MSE cluster hosting service.
If you have not activated the MSE cluster hosting service
Go to the MSE product page and click Buy Now.
Select the Task Scheduling tab.
If you have activated the MSE cluster hosting service
Log on to the MSE console.
In the left-side navigation pane, navigate to the edition you want:
For SchedulerX Edition: Choose , and then click Buy Now.
For XXL-JOB Edition: Choose , and then click Create Instance.
Step 2: Select a product type
On the purchase page, select one of the following product types:
| Product type | Billing method | How charges are calculated | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| SchedulerX (Pay-as-you-go) | Pay-as-you-go | This billing method applies to all instance tasks. Basic Edition: charged by task hosting Compute Units (CUs). Professional Edition: charged by the sum of task hosting CUs and task scheduling CUs. | Billing of SchedulerX Edition instances |
| XXL-JOB Edition (Subscription) | Subscription | Pay upfront to reserve resources at a lower price. | Billing of XXL-JOB Edition instances |
| XXL-JOB Edition (Pay-as-you-go) | Pay-as-you-go | Charged based on actual resource usage. Suitable for workloads with variable scheduling demands. | Billing of XXL-JOB Edition instances |
Step 3: Complete the purchase
On the Confirm Order page, review your selections and click Pay.
On the payment page, click Purchase.
What's next
Quickly connect a client to SchedulerX -- Set up your application to connect to the SchedulerX service.
Execute a scheduled task for a Shell script on a specified host -- Run your first scheduled task.