# How to use cron on default console?

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-use-cron-on-default-console/10328>\
**Category:** RancherOS\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-use-cron-on-default-console/10328 "2018-05-08T09:18:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-use-cron-on-default-console/10328/1 "2018-05-08T09:18:02Z")

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I’m confused with rancheros crontab service and regular crontab, as far as i read on docs builtin rancheros crontab service is just for running specific container in specific time, defined in cloud-config.

How can i run regular linux crontab to execute custom script?  
Should i switch default console to persistent console to do this?

Trying running user container doing crontab but cant run host’s script because my crontab using docker commands, i.e : docker exec -ti database-server backup.sh

Anyone?

Thank you