A cron job is an automatic task, which executes a specific action - typically executing some script in the web hosting account. The task is pre-set, so it will run on a regular basis - hourly, daily, weekly and so on. There are lots of reasons to make use of a cron job for your websites. For instance, you may get regular reports how many site visitors have signed up on your site, a temp folder can be emptied automatically each week or a backup copy of your content can be made in a separate folder in your web hosting account. Employing cron jobs will help you with the administration of your sites since you can get numerous things done automatically and have reports for them, as opposed to investing precious time and efforts to complete them yourself.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Web Hosting
When you get any of our cloud web hosting plans, you're able to set up cron jobs with a couple of clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel even if you have never done that before. Hepsia is really intuitive, so as opposed to entering numbers and asterisks on certain places, which is the common method to create a cron job, you'll be able to select the days, hours or minutes a script should be run using simple drop-down navigation. The latter is done from the Cron Jobs section of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can use the first method as well, if you are experienced enough and you prefer it. In either case, you will also have to type in the path to the script which will be executed as well as the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files in your account. The aforementioned is included in the Control Panel and you can copy/paste it, still if you experience any issues, you can always contact your technical support team.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
Installing a cron job in our system is a breeze. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all the semi-dedicated server accounts, you can go to the Cron Jobs section where you only need to select the directory path to the script file to be run and the command path for the particular language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You'll be able to find the aforementioned inside the Control Panel, so you can copy/paste it with a couple of clicks. After that, select the time period for your cron using drop-down menus for the months, days, hours or minutes and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process really easy and intuitive, so you won't have any problems if you do not have prior experience. If you are more tech-savvy, you can also take advantage of the common cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.