A cron job is a command, that works automatically in the background over a predefined period of time and it also executes a script inside a web hosting account. There won't be any limits in regard to what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly your file extension will be. Examples are mailing a daily report with all the end user activity on a specified website, creating a regular backup or deleting the content within a particular folder. These types of tasks or some other script can be run on time periods chosen by the user - each couple of minutes, hours or days, and even every month or perhaps annually according to the specific intent. Using cron jobs to speed up numerous elements of managing a website saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting

When you get any of our cloud hosting packages, you can create cron jobs with a couple mouse clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel even if you have not done that before. Hepsia is very easy to use, so instead of writing numbers and asterisks on specific positions, which is the typical technique to make a cron job, you will be able to choose the minutes, hours or days a given script has to be run using simple drop-down navigation. The latter is done in your Cron Jobs section of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can use the first method as well, in case you're experienced enough and you prefer it. In both cases, you'll need to enter the path to the script that will be executed as well as the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files within your account. The latter is available in the Control Panel and you'll be able to copy/paste it, still if you experience any issues, you can always get in touch with your tech support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you'd like to use cron jobs for any of your sites and you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company, it will not take you more than a few clicks inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel to do this. Installing a brand new cron job is very simple and you'll be able to add one from the Advanced part of Hepsia where you'll find a box to enter two different things - the path to the programming language system files which you'll find in the Server Information area (PHP, Python, Perl) and the path to the script that you want the cron job to run. The last step is to determine how often the cron will be executed and we have a really user-friendly interface for that, so by using drop-down menus you'll be able to select the interval in minutes, hours or days. If you are more tech-savvy or used to the particular standard, although more sophisticated way to assign a cron interval using digits and asterisks, you can use this option as well.