A cron job is a command, that works automatically in the background over a predefined period and it also executes a script inside a website hosting account. There aren't any limits regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension should be. Examples are supplying a day-to-day report with the user activity on a specific site, creating a routine backup or erasing the content inside a particular folder. These kinds of tasks as well as any other script can be executed on time intervals selected by the end user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even monthly as well as once a year according to the specific intent. Working with cron jobs to speed up numerous aspects of managing a website saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Website Hosting

Setting up a cron job requires just three quick steps when you get a cloud website hosting plan from us. The Hepsia Control Panel, that is featured with all of the website hosting accounts, features an area centered on the crons and once you get there, you should enter the folder path to the script that you would like to be executed, the command path to the system files for the specified programming language (Perl, Python, PHP), which you can copy and paste from the Server Information section, and after that set how often the cron job needs to run. For the time interval, we offer two options - a user-friendly one with drop-down navigation where you can choose the minutes, hours, days or months, as well as a more complex one that's used with many other hosting Control Panels in which you should type numbers and asterisks on particular positions that outline separate time periods.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Installing a cron job in our system is really easy. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all of the semi-dedicated server accounts, you are able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you only need to choose the directory path to the script file to be run plus the command path for the particular language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You are able to find the aforementioned in the Control Panel, and you can copy and paste it with a couple of clicks. Next, choose the time interval for the cron via drop-down menus for the minutes, hours, days or months and you'll be all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process very easy and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you do not have prior experience. In case you are more experienced, you can also take advantage of the standard cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.