---
title: "Schedule a node action"
description: "Find the actions scheduled to run automatically on a node, from its Scheduled Actions tab."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "node"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/node/how-to/schedule-a-node-action/"
topic: ["power-and-lifecycle"]
---

# Schedule a node action

A node's **Scheduled Actions** tab lists the actions set to run on the node automatically,
instead of by your hand each time. This is separate from scheduling snapshots, which back up
the node's disk on a repeating schedule; see
[Schedule snapshots for a node](/myaccount/node/how-to/schedule-snapshots/) for that.

## Schedule a new action

1. Open the node and select its **Scheduled Actions** tab. Click **Add Scheduled Action**.
2. In **Action Name**, give it a name you will recognize in the list, up to 30 characters.
3. In **Action Type**, choose what it does: **Reboot**, **Start**, or **Power off**, plus
   **Stop** on E1-series nodes.
4. In **Action Timing Type**, choose **One Time** for a single planned moment, such as a reboot
   right after a maintenance window, and pick the date and time. Choose **Periodic Time** to
   repeat it, and pick the date and time of the first run.
5. For **Periodic Time**, choose how often in **Select Period**:
   - **Hourly**, every 1 to 167 hours
   - **Daily**
   - **Weekly**, on the days of the week you check
   - **Monthly**, on the days of the month you list, for example `1,12,23`
6. For **Periodic Time**, choose how it ends in **Select End Option**. **Never** keeps it
   running until you remove it. A number of runs, up to 10,000, or an end date stops it on its
   own.
7. Click **Submit**.

## Check the scheduled action

The action now shows on the **Scheduled Actions** tab with its name, type, start and end, how it
repeats, and its status. The end time shown is approximate.

If a run fails, later runs of that action wait until the failed one succeeds or you delete it.
Look at the **Status** column after the first run. If a run failed, correct the action with
**Edit action** so it can succeed, or delete it, so the rest of the schedule carries on.

To change or remove an action, open its menu on the tab and choose **Edit action** or **Delete
action**.