# Run or exclude specific job types

> A job engine can be limited to certain kinds of jobs

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This is controlled by environment variables `CBJE_INCLUDE_JOB_TYPES` and `CBJE_EXCLUDE_JOB_TYPES`. Each accepts a comma-separated list of job types, using the type names in the table below.

## Set the variables

| Variable | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| `CBJE_INCLUDE_JOB_TYPES` | The job engine runs only jobs of the listed types. |
| `CBJE_EXCLUDE_JOB_TYPES` | The job engine runs everything except jobs of the listed types. |

Jobs of an excluded type stay PENDING until another job engine claims them. If no other job engine runs them, they never run.

Set these variables in `/etc/supervisord.d/jobengine.conf`. Quote the value, because Supervisor also separates variables with commas.

```bash
environment=PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin,CBJE_INCLUDE_JOB_TYPES="provision,expire,decom"
```

Reload Supervisor to apply the setting: `supervisorctl reload`.

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A name that is not a job type prevents the job engine from starting, and it reports that the specified type is invalid. Check the job engine log after a reload.
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## Find a job's type

The **Type** filter on the Jobs list shows every type with the number of jobs of that type. To read the type of a specific job, open `shell_plus` on the appliance:

```bash
sudo su -
/opt/cloudbolt/manage.py shell_plus
```

Then ask for the job by its ID, which is the number at the end of the heading on the job's detail page:

```python
Job.objects.get(pk=JOB_ID).type
```

## Job types

The left column is the variable value to use. The right column is the display name in the UI.

| Job type | Shown as |
| --- | --- |
| `provision` | Provision Server |
| `decom` | Delete Server |
| `healthcheck` | Health Check |
| `expire` | Expire |
| `import_parameters` | Import Parameters |
| `import_images` | Import Images for Resource Handler |
| `import_ipam_networks` | Import IPAM Networks |
| `servermodification` | Server Modification |
| `deploy_blueprint` | Deploy Blueprint |
| `install_pod` | Install Container Object |
| `installapplications` | Install Applications |
| `uninstallapplications` | Uninstall Applications |
| `syncvms` | Synchronize VMs from Resource Handlers |
| `sync_svrs_from_pe` | Synchronize servers from Provision Engines |
| `functionaltest` | Continuous Infrastructure Testing |
| `runautomations` | Execute Rules |
| `runautomationactions` | Execute Rule Actions |
| `sync_users_from_ldap` | Synchronize users from an LDAP server |
| `run_flow` | Orchestration Flow |
| `install_apps_with_connector` | Install Applications with Configuration Manager |
| `manage_nics` | Manage NICs |
| `orchestration_hook` | Orchestration Action |
| `delete_snapshots` | Delete Snapshots |
| `action` | Action |
| `run_policy_action` | Run Policy Action |
| `apply_personality` | Apply Personality |
| `procedure` | Procedure |
| `create_child_rh` | Create Child Resource Handlers |
| `create_cross_account_access_iam_role` | Create Cross Account Access IAM Role |
| `import_regions_for_ou_account_rh` | Import Regions For Organization Accounts Resource Handler |
| `create_subscription_rh` | Create Subscription Resource Handlers |
| `sync_rh_environments` | Sync Resource Handler Regions |
| `sync_rh_ssh_key_pairs` | Sync Resource Handler SSH Key Pairs |
| `sync_rh_security_groups` | Sync Resource Handler Security Groups |
| `sync_rh_networks` | Sync Resource Handler Networks |
| `sync_rh_datastores` | Sync Resource Handler Datastores |
| `sync_rh_metadata` | Sync Resource Handler Metadata |
| `sync_container_orchestrators_resources` | Sync Container Orchestrator Resources |
| `import_multiple_selected_contents` | Import Multiple Selected Contents in CMP |
| `satelliterequest` | Satellite Fulfillment Request |
| `flowcontrol_verify_paused` | Flow Control Verify Paused Orders/Jobs |
| `sourcecodereposync` | Source Code Repository Sync |

## Related

- [Job engine](/docs/cmp/configure/administration/system/job-engine/): How jobs move through the engine and the settings that control the workers.
- [Job engine troubleshooting](/docs/cmp/configure/administration/system/job-engine/troubleshooting/): What to check when one type of job looks stuck.