How to set up CRONJobs or scheduled tasks

How to set up CRONJobs or scheduled tasks

CRONJobs, or scheduled tasks, allow you to run scripts from your website at the frequency you choose. If you have a process that needs to run automatically at a certain frequency, you can set its periodicity by configuring a CRONJob.
 
1.-Starting the CRONJob configuration
To configure it, access the hosting management area, go to the "Server" section, and click on the CRONJobs icon.
 
  
  • Email confirmation
If you want to receive the execution results each time a CRONJob runs, you need to activate the following button:
 
 
Please note that you will only receive an email if the script returns a result. If the executed script does not return any output, you will not receive any email even if this option is enabled. 
 
2.-Configuration options
You can configure a CRONJob using the basic wizard or the advanced wizard.
 
  • Basic configuration
In the panel you will see the "Create cronjob" section, where you can access the basic CRONJobs management executed through a simple form.
 
 
  • CRONJob identifier: name that identifies the created CRONJob. You can use the same name as the CRONJob path.
  • Command to execute: call to the script you want to execute. It can be a simple execution or include parameters in the call (for example, /cron.php?time_ex=oadpASDk=). It can be changed to run with http:// or https://
  • Time ranges: the period and frequency at which you want the script to run.
    • Minutes: you can configure a frequency such as every x minutes or at a specific minute, minute xx (out of the 60 minutes in an hour).
    • Hours: you can configure a frequency such as every x hours or at a specific hour, hour xx (out of the 24 hours in a day).
    • Days: you can configure the frequency as "Every day", select a day of the week, or on day xx (out of the 31 possible days in a month).
    • Months: you can select "Every month" or one of the twelve months of the year. 
 
Once configured, you must click on Save data to save the configuration.
 
  • Advanced mode
In the panel you will see the "Create cronjob" section, where you can access the basic CRONJobs management executed through a simple form. You must select the "Advanced configuration" option to access it:
 
 
  • CRONJob identifier: name that identifies the created CRONJob. You can use the same name as the CRONJob path.
  • Command to execute: call to the script you want to execute. It can be a simple execution or include parameters in the call (for example, /cron.php?time_ex=oadpASDk). It can be configured to execute the file with http:// or https://
  • Time ranges: the period and frequency at which you want the script to run.
    • Minutes: you can configure a frequency such as every x minutes or at a specific minute, minute xx (out of the 60 minutes in an hour).
    • Hours: you can configure a frequency such as every x hours or at a specific hour, hour xx (out of the 24 hours in a day).
    • Days: you can configure the frequency as "Every day" or on day xx (out of the 31 possible days in a month).
    • Months: you can select "Every month" or one of the twelve months of the year.
    • Day of the week: you can select a day of the week. 0 corresponds to Sunday. 
 
Once configured, click on Save data to save the configuration.
 
At the bottom of the panel you will see the "List of cronjobs" section.
 
 
You can see the following data for each configured cronjob:
  • Identifier: name of the CRONJob.
  • Minute: selected execution frequency referring to minutes.
  • Hour: selected execution frequency referring to hours.
  • Day: selected execution frequency referring to the day.
  • Month: selected execution frequency referring to months.
  • Day of the week: selected execution frequency referring to the day of the week.
  • Edit: allows you to edit the inserted CRONJob.
  • Delete: removes the CRONJob from the system.
 

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