Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, which are executed on regular intervals of time pre-set by the user and they also execute scripts coded in numerous programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and the like. In accordance with what exactly a cron has to do, it can run each and every minute, weekly or perhaps annually. There are many effective applications to make use of cron jobs in your day-to-day administration of a website. For example, a backup of the full site may be generated once a day or perhaps weekly or an email with all recent signups for the day can be delivered to a given e-mail. These types of automated options can make the management of any website much easier. There are no specific file types which are allowed or forbidden, so any script can be run with a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Web Hosting
When you get any of our cloud web hosting plans, you'll be able to set up cron jobs with a couple of mouse clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have never done that previously. Hepsia is really user-friendly, so instead of writing numbers and asterisks on particular positions, which is the usual way to assign a cron job, you will be able to select the minutes, hours or days a script should be executed using uncomplicated drop-down menus. This is done in the Cron Jobs part of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can use the first method too, if you're knowledgeable enough and you prefer it. In either case, you'll have to type in the path to the script that'll be executed along with the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files in your account. The last mentioned is included in the Control Panel and you can copy/paste it, yet if you experience any difficulties, you can always contact your tech support team.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with us to host your websites, you'll be able to create cron jobs for all of them without difficulty. This can be done in 3 very easy steps from the Hepsia Control Panel which is used to manage the hosting account, so you will be able to set up a new cron even when you do not have any previous experience. Inside the Cron Jobs area of Hepsia, you will find a box where you need to copy/paste the path to the system files inside your account for the programming language your script was written in - PHP, Perl, Bash, Python, etc. You also need to enter the folder path to the script file which will be executed in the same box and use our user-friendly drop-down menus to choose how often our system will execute the cron. Advanced users, can also use the traditional method of setting up a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in certain positions in addition to the previously mentioned paths.