Sitecore Task Initiator - A simple module to initiate the scheduled task

This module helps Sitecore Administrator to initiate the scheduled tasks configured in the content tree. The module has a Sitecore Scheduled Job admin page and a Sitecore Role. Admin page will list down all the tasks in the content tree with a button to initiate the task. Sitecore role is for the Sitecore administrator who can add a user to this role by which user can initiate the Task.

Installation:

Use Sitecore Installation Wizard to install the package which contains an admin page and a Sitecore role. Download Link.

How to access the page:

Authorized user can access the page using the below url.

http://domain/sitecore/admin/jobs.aspx

How to authorize a non-admin user:

All administrator can access the page without any role. For a non-admin user, an administrator can add them to the role - Sitecore Task Initiator. This role will allow the non-admin user to access the page and initiate the task.

Note: This role will not give any access to other admin pages.

Email:

An email will be sent to the list of configured administrators with the task details and initiation time. Administrator can configure the email details in the jobs.aspx page.

MAIL_FROM = "ScheduledJob@SitecoreSharedSource.com";

MAIL_TO = "";

MAIL_CC = "";

In version 2.0, I am planning to add the below functionality.

- Logs for the tasks can be obtained in admin page.

- Logs will be sent to the initiator and the admin.

Sitecore CMS – Log Rotator Job

I have created a Sitecore Job to compress the Sitecore logs and move it to a separate folder.

• Download the package here.
• Install it using Sitecore Installation Wizard.
• Create a folder in the Data Folder with name ‘rotatedLogs’. You can change this option ‘LogRotatorFolder’ in the SitecoreLogRotator.config after the package installation.
• Minimum number of logs to keep in actual log folder can be configured in the above configuration. 
• You can change the frequency of Sitecore Job as per this article.