Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, that are executed on regular time intervals set by the end user and they also execute scripts developed in several programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etc. Depending on what actually a cron should do, it can run every single minute, once a week or perhaps once per year. There are many useful applications to use cron jobs in your everyday administration of a website. For instance, a backup copy of the entire website may be generated once a day or once a week or an email with all of the fresh signups for the day may be sent to a certain e-mail. These types of automated options can make the administration of every site much easier. There are no precise file types that are allowed / forbidden, so every script can be run by using a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting

When you get any of our cloud hosting plans, you're able to create cron jobs with a couple of mouse clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel even if you have never done that previously. Hepsia is very easy to use, so as opposed to entering numbers and asterisks on particular positions, which is the usual method to create a cron job, you can pick the minutes, hours or days a script should be executed using quick drop-down menus. The latter is done in the Cron Jobs part of the Control Panel and, of course, you can always use the first method too, if you're skilled enough and you prefer it. In either case, you will also need to enter the path to the script that'll be executed along with the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files within your account. The latter is included in the Control Panel and you can copy/paste it, still if you experience any issues, you can contact your tech support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with our company to host your websites, you'll be able to create cron jobs for any of them effortlessly. This is done in three very easy steps from the Hepsia Control Panel that is used to manage the website hosting account, so you can create a new cron even when you do not have any prior experience. Within the Cron Jobs section of Hepsia, you'll find a box where you should copy and paste the path to the system files inside your account for the programming language your script was designed in - Perl, Bash, Python, PHP, and so on. You also need to provide the folder path to the script file that'll be executed in the same box then use our intuitive drop-down menus to choose how often our system will execute the cron. More advanced users, can also take advantage of the traditional method of setting up a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in specific positions along with the aforementioned paths.