Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, which are executed on regular time intervals pre-set by the end user and they execute scripts developed in different programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and so on. Determined by what exactly a cron needs to do, it can run every single minute, every week or even once a year. There are plenty of handy applications to use cron jobs in your day-to-day administration of a website. Such as, a backup copy of the full website may be generated once a day or perhaps once a week or an email with all fresh signups for the day can be delivered to a specific email. Such automatic options can make the management of any site faster and easier. There aren't any particular file types which are allowed or forbidden, so every script can be executed employing a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia Control Panel, that is featured with all our cloud website hosting, will help you to set up cron jobs in a few basic steps even if you haven't ever employed this type of feature before. Once you sign in and go to the Cron Jobs section where you can assign background tasks, you just need to paste the server access path to PHP, Pyton or Perl with respect to the script that you will run, type the path in your account to the specific script file and then select how often the cron job will be carried out. For the aforementioned, you'll be able to use the basic mode and select the minutes, hours, days, etcetera via uncomplicated drop-down options, or maybe in case you are more experienced, you can use the advanced mode and specify the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the typical method that you might have used with other Control Panels.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers
You'll be able to create as many cron jobs as you'd like if you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from us and it does not take over a minute to do that. In contrast to many other hosting Control Panels where you need to enter commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to be able to set up a cron job, our Hepsia Control Panel features a user-friendly interface where you will be able to decide how often a new cron has to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to choose the minutes, hours, weekdays, etcetera. The two things that you will have to type in manually are the folder path to the script file which should be run along with the command path to the programming language system files in the account (PHP. Perl, Python). You will be able to copy/paste the latter from the Server Information area of your web hosting Control Panel, which means that it will not take you more than a couple of clicks to create a cron job in your semi-dedicated account.