A cron job is a command, which functions conveniently in the background on a predefined period and it runs a script inside a hosting account. There won't be any limitations regarding what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. Examples are sending a daily report with all of the user activity on a given site, creating a regular backup or erasing the content within a particular folder. These tasks and / or any other script can be run on time intervals selected by the end user - each few minutes, hours or days, and even once a month as well as once a year according to the specific purpose. Working with cron jobs to automate various elements of managing a website saves a lot of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all the cloud plans, will help you to create cron jobs in a few basic steps even when you haven't ever used this type of feature previously. After you log in and visit the Cron Jobs area where you're able to assign background tasks, you just need to copy and paste the server access path to PHP, Perl or Python depending on the script you'll execute, type the path inside of your account for the specific script file and after that select how often the cron job has to be executed. For the aforementioned, you can use the standard mode and pick the minutes, hours, days, etcetera via simple drop-down menus, or in case you are more experienced, you can use the advanced mode and specify the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the standard method that you may have used with various Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Installing a cron job in our system is very easy. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is provided with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you will be able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you just need to choose the directory path to the script file to be run plus the command path for the specific language the script was designed in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You can find the aforementioned within the Control Panel, thus you can copy/paste it with just a couple of clicks. Then, choose the time interval for your cron via drop-down navigation for the minutes, hours, days or months and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the whole process really simple and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you don't have prior experience. If you are more tech-savvy, you can also take advantage of the conventional cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.