A cron job is a command, that works conveniently in the background over a pre-set period of time and it also executes a script inside a web hosting account. There are no restrictions in regard to what the script can be - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension should be. A few examples are sending a regular report with all the user activity on a specific site, generating a routine backup or erasing the content in a particular folder. These types of tasks as well as any other script can be run on time intervals specified by the end user - every couple of minutes, hours or days, and even every month or perhaps annually based on the exact purpose. Using cron jobs to speed up numerous aspects of administrating a site saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Hosting

When you get any of our hosting plans, you're able to set up cron jobs with a few mouse clicks via your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have not done that before. Hepsia is very easy to use, so rather than writing numbers and asterisks on particular places, which is the usual method to assign a cron job, you'll be able to choose the minutes, hours or days a given script needs to be run using quick drop-down menus. The latter is done in your Cron Jobs part of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can always use the first method too, if you are skilled enough and you prefer it. In either case, you'll need to type in the path to the script which will 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 are able to copy/paste it, still if you encounter any difficulties, you can get in touch with your support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you use a semi-dedicated server account with us to host your websites, you are able to install cron jobs for all of them without any difficulty. This is done in 3 uncomplicated steps from the Hepsia Control Panel which is used to take care of the website hosting account, so you're able to create a new cron even if you lack previous experience. Inside the Cron Jobs area of Hepsia, you will find a box where you have to copy and 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 provide the folder path to the script file which will be executed in the same box and use our intuitive drop-down menus to select how often our system will run the cron. Experienced users, can also use the traditional method of setting up a cron job by typing digits and asterisks in specific positions as well as the aforementioned paths.