A cron job is a command, which runs conveniently in the background over a predefined period of time and it runs a script in a hosting account. There won't be any limitations regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly the file extension should be. A few examples are sending a day-to-day report with all the client activity within a specified website, creating a routine backup or erasing the content inside a specific folder. These tasks and / or almost every other script can be executed on time intervals chosen by the user - every few minutes, hours or days, and even every month or maybe once per year depending on the exact intent. Using cron jobs to speed up various elements of managing a site saves a lot of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all the Linux cloud website hosting plans, will help you to set up cron jobs in a few basic steps even if you haven't ever employed such a feature previously. As soon as you sign in and go to the Cron Jobs section where you can create background tasks, you just need to paste the system access path to Perl, PHP or Python according to the script that you'll run, type the path in your account for the actual script file and then choose how often your cron job will be carried out. For the latter, you can use the basic mode and choose the minutes, hours, days, etc. via simple drop-down menus, or in case you are more knowledgeable, you'll be able to use the advanced mode and set the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the typical method which you might have employed with various other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with our company to host your sites, you are able to set up cron jobs for all of them without difficulty. This is done in three very easy steps from the Hepsia Control Panel that is used to control the web hosting account, so you will be able to create a new cron even if you do not have any prior experience. In the Cron Jobs area of Hepsia, you'll discover a box where you need to copy/paste the path to the system files in your account for the programming language your script was written in - PHP, Perl, Bash, Python, etc. You also need to provide the folder path to the script file that will be executed in the same box and then use our user-friendly drop-down menus to select how often our system will execute the cron. Experienced users, can also take advantage of the traditional method of creating a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in certain positions in addition to the aforementioned paths.