GAE Python - How to set a cron job to launch a backend task

Question

I\'m running a daily reporting task on GAE which since recently is using too much memory to finish. Therefore I\'d like to set it as a backend task. I\'ve set the backend as

Answer 1

An easier way to do this is by migrating the app to modules. Explained here: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/modules/

After doing so, you can just add following line in the cron.yaml:

target: yourmodule

This allows the cron job to run on the instance defined in yourmodule.yaml