# Nomad Job Example This directory contains an example Nomad job specification (`example.nomad.hcl`) that deploys a Redis cache service. ## Prerequisites - [Nomad](https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/install) installed and running. - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) installed (since the example job uses the Docker driver). ## Usage ### 1. Validate the Job Before running the job, you can validate the syntax of the job file: ```bash nomad job validate example.nomad.hcl ``` ### 2. Plan the Job Run a plan to see what changes Nomad will make: ```bash nomad job plan example.nomad.hcl ``` ### 3. Run the Job Submit the job to your Nomad cluster: ```bash nomad job run example.nomad.hcl ``` ### 4. Check Job Status Verify the status of the job: ```bash nomad job status example ``` To see the logs of the allocations: ```bash nomad alloc logs <alloc-id> ``` (Replace `<alloc-id>` with the actual allocation ID from the status command). ### 5. Stop the Job To stop and purge the job: ```bash nomad job stop -purge example ``` ## Job Details - **Job Name**: `example` - **Type**: `service` - **Task Group**: `cache` - **Task**: `redis` (uses `redis:7` Docker image) - **Resources**: 500 MHz CPU, 256 MB Memory - **Network**: Exposes port 6379 (mapped to `db` port)