diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4fe70cb..a539878 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -50,13 +50,14 @@ As the fastCGI-Process is not capable of serving static files (style sheets, ima This can be achieved with the `volumes-from` option. You can find more information in the docker-compose section. -## Using the cron job +## Background tasks -There are three options to enable the cron-job for Friendica: +Friendica requires background tasks to fetch and send all kind of messages and maintain the complete instance. +This setup is crucial for the Friendica node. +There are two options to enable background tasks for Friendica: -- Using the default Image and activate the cron-job (see [Installation](https://friendi.ca/resources/installation/), sector `Activating scheduled tasks`) -- Using the default image (apache, fpm, fpm-alpine) and creating **two** container (one for cron and one for the main app) -- Using one of the additional, prepared [`cron dockerfiles`](https://github.com/friendica/docker/tree/stable/.examples/dockerfiles/cron) +- Using the default Image and manually setup background tasks (see Friendica [Install](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/blob/2021.03-rc/doc/Install.md#required-background-tasks)) +- Using the default image (apache, fpm, fpm-alpine) and starting a dedicated `cron` instance and use `cron.sh` as startup command (like this [Example](https://github.com/friendica/docker/blob/stable/.examples/docker-compose/insecure/mariadb-cron-redis/apache/docker-compose.yml)) ## Possible Environment Variables