Cron Job Configuration Setting Guide

Cron Job Configuration Guide

 

Cron Jobs basic setup via Cpanel.

Cron Job is use to run a piece of code on certain time interval. It can done by adding following line via cpanel->Cron Jobs:

/usr/local/bin/php /home/your-site-root-dir/public_html/cron-file.php

Wget Method

* * * * *   wget –q –O- ‘http://www.domain.com/cron.php’ >/dev/null

Note: Cron commands depend on the server configuration.

 

Cron Jobs setup via SSH

-> Login to server via SSH

-> Run cd [path-homedir] command for enter the root folder

-> Run password command

-> You will see the path for root folder (eg. /home/yoursitename/public_html)

-> Run which php

-> You see path to PHP (eg. /usr/local/bin/php)

-> Run crontab –e command

-> It will open crontab file editor

-> Make changes to this file, press I key on keyboard for insert/write mode