How to run Cron Job in Node.js application that uses cluster module?

Question

I\'m using node-cron module for scheduling tasks in Node.js application. I also want run the application in several processes using core cluster module.

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Answer 1

After some research I ended up with "Distributed locks using Redis" solution. There is node module for that: node-redis-warlock.

Hope this answer will be useful for someone else.

UPDATE. Minimal sample code:

var Warlock = require('node-redis-warlock'),
    redis = require('redis');

// Establish a redis client
redis = redis.createClient();

// and pass it to warlock
var warlock = new Warlock(redis);

function executeOnce (key, callback) {
    warlock.lock(key, 20000, function(err, unlock){
        if (err) {
            // Something went wrong and we weren't able to set a lock
            return;
        }

        if (typeof unlock === 'function') {
            setTimeout(function() {
                callback(unlock);
            }, 1000);
        }
    });
}

// Executes call back only once
executeOnce('every-three-hours-lock', function(unlock) {
    // Do here any stuff that should be done only once...            
    unlock();          
});

UPDATE 2. More detailed example:

const CronJob = require('cron').CronJob;
const Warlock = require('node-redis-warlock');
const redis = require('redis').createClient();
const warlock = new Warlock(redis);
const async = require('async');

function executeOnce (key, callback) {
    warlock.lock(key, 20000, function(err, unlock) {
        if (err) {
            // Something went wrong and we weren't able to set a lock
            return;
        }

        if (typeof unlock === 'function') {
            setTimeout(function() {
                callback(unlock);
            }, 1000);
        }
    });
}

function everyMinuteJobTasks (unlock) {
    async.parallel([
        sendEmailNotifications,
        updateSomething,
        // etc...
    ],
    (err) => {
        if (err) {
            logger.error(err);
        }

        unlock();
    });
}

let everyMinuteJob = new CronJob({
    cronTime: '*/1 * * * *',
    onTick: function () {
        executeOnce('every-minute-lock', everyMinuteJobTasks);
    },
    start: true,
    runOnInit: true
});

/* Actual tasks */
let sendEmailNotifications = function(done) {
    // Do stuff here
    // Call done() when finished or call done(err) if error occurred
}

let updateSomething = function(done) {
    // Do stuff here
    // Call done() when finished or call done(err) if error occurred
}

// etc...