A cron job is a command, which works conveniently in the background on a predefined time period and it also executes a script within a website hosting account. There aren't any limitations regarding what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. A few examples are mailing a daily report with the end user activity within a given website, creating a regular backup or erasing the content within a particular folder. These kinds of tasks or almost every other script can be run on intervals specified by the end user - each few minutes, hours or days, and even every month or maybe once per year based on the particular objective. Making use of cron jobs to improve diverse areas of managing a website saves lots of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Web Hosting

Creating a cron job will take you exactly three simple steps when you get a cloud web hosting plan from us. The Hepsia Control Panel, that is featured with all of the hosting accounts, has an area centered on the crons and once you get there, you should type the folder path to the script that you'd like to be run, the command path to the system files for the particular programming language (Perl, Python, PHP), that you can copy from the Server Information section, and then set how frequently the cron job should run. For that time interval, we provide two options - an easy to use one with drop-down menus where one can pick the minutes, hours, days or months, and a more advanced one that is used with different hosting Control Panels in which you are expected to type numbers and asterisks on particular positions that outline separate periods of time.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a cron job in our system is a breeze. Once you log in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all the semi-dedicated server accounts, you're able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you only need to pick the directory path to the script file to be run as well as the command path for the specific language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You will be able to find the latter inside the Control Panel, and you can copy/paste it with a few clicks. Next, select the time period for your cron using drop-down navigation for the months, days, hours or minutes and you are all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the process really easy and intuitive, so you won't have any problems if you do not have previous experience. In case you are more experienced, you can also take advantage of the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on a single line.