> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lumixsolutions.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Schedules

> Cron-style automation for your server: restarts, backups, and custom commands.

The **Schedules** tab is cron for your server. Each schedule is a collection of **tasks** that run on a cron expression.

## Creating a schedule

1. Click **New Schedule**.
2. Give it a name (e.g. `Nightly restart`).
3. Set the cron expression - minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week. The UI defaults to standard 5-field cron.
4. Toggle **Only when server is online** if it shouldn't run while stopped.
5. Toggle **Enabled** when you're ready for it to fire.
6. Save.

## Tasks

Open the schedule and add one or more tasks. Each task is one of:

* **Send command** - push a string into the server console (e.g. `say Restarting in 5 minutes`).
* **Send power action** - start, restart, stop, or kill.
* **Create backup** - trigger a [backup](/lumi-panel/management/backups). Optionally pass an ignored-files list.

Tasks within a schedule run in order, with an optional **delay** (seconds) between each.

## Common patterns

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Nightly restart with warning">
    Cron: `0 4 * * *` (every day at 04:00)

    1. Send command - `say Restarting in 5 minutes`
    2. Wait 240 seconds
    3. Send command - `say Restarting in 60 seconds`
    4. Wait 60 seconds
    5. Send power action - restart
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Hourly autosave (Minecraft)">
    Cron: `0 * * * *`

    1. Send command - `save-all`
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Daily backup">
    Cron: `30 3 * * *`

    1. Create backup - ignore `logs/*` and `cache/*`
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<Note>
  Cron runs in **UTC** by default on Lumix Solutions nodes. If you need local time, calculate the offset or [open a ticket](https://billing.lumixsolutions.org/submitticket.php) to confirm your node's timezone.
</Note>