A cron job is a command, which runs automatically in the background over a pre-set period of time and it runs a script inside a website hosting account. There are no restrictions in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. Some examples are sending a day-to-day report with all of the client activity within a specific website, creating a regular backup or deleting the content inside a certain folder. These types of tasks or any other script can be executed on time intervals picked by the user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even once per month or once a year according to the specific goal. Using cron jobs to improve different areas of administrating a site saves a lot of time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Web Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, that is featured with all of our web hosting services, will help you to set up cron jobs in a few easy steps even when you have not used this option before. As soon as you log in and go to the Cron Jobs section where you're able to assign background tasks, you just have to paste the system access path to Perl, PHP or Python with respect to the script that you will execute, type the path in your account for the specific script file and after that select how often your cron job will be carried out. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the basic mode and choose the days, hours, minutes, etc. via simple drop-down options, or maybe if you are more experienced, you can use the advanced mode and set the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method that you may have used with various other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Installing a cron job in our system is really simple. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included 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 executed plus the command path for the specific language the script was designed in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You're able to find the aforementioned in the Control Panel, and you can copy and paste it with a few clicks. After that, choose the time interval for your cron using drop-down menus for the minutes, hours, days or months and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process very easy and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you don't have prior experience. In case you are more tech-savvy, you may also take advantage of the conventional cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.