Cron Job Setup?

[D-Spayre]

Hi,

I'm trying to setup a Cron Job to run at 12am everyday, could someone expain what the settings would be?

This is what I have for the command to run:
/usr/bin/wget -q /var/www/domain/web/cron/index.php

Thanks very much

[till]

Minute: 0
Hour: 12
All other fields except of the commain field: *

The command would be:

http://yourdomain.com/cron/index.php

The wget command is wrong as you cant exec php files with wget by specifying a file path, wget requires a url and beside that, ispconfig has a builtin url cron function, so you dont need wget at all and just enter the url starting with http into the command field.

[D-Spayre]

Perfect thanks,

What's the best way to test the Cron, without waiting until 12am?

Thanks

[till]

There are severaloptions:

a) If you just want to test the cron script, then enter:

http://yourdomain.com/cron/index.php

in your broser, it will execute the script like cron will do it.

b) Change the time of the cronjob so that it executes earlier.

[D-Spayre]

Hi,

If I type the address into the address bar my Cron job runs, but doesn't run within the ISPconfig panel.

Minutes e.g. *, */3, 10-20 = 0
.Hours e.g. *, */2, 0, 10-12 = 12
.Days of month e.g. *, */4, 1-5 = *
.Months e.g. *, 1-6 = *
.Days of week e.g. *, 0, 1-5 = *
Command to run (commands are executed via sh, urls via wget = http://www.mydomain.com/cron/index.php
.Active

Am I missing something?

Thanks

[falko]

Please check your syslog for cron errors.

[D-Spayre]

Where would it be located? I can't seem to find it.

Thanks

[till]

It is in /var/log/

[D-Spayre]

Apr  6 00:00:01 server1 CROND[22363]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib64/sa/sa1 -S DISK 1 1)
Apr  6 00:00:01 server1 CROND[22364]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:00:01 server1 CROND[22362]: (getmail) CMD (/usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 CROND[22429]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 CROND[22430]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22430]: starting 0anacron
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 anacron[22458]: Anacron started on 2012-04-06
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 anacron[22458]: Jobs will be executed sequentially
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 anacron[22458]: Normal exit (0 jobs run)
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22461]: finished 0anacron
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22430]: starting awstats
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22472]: finished awstats
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22430]: starting mcelog.cron
Apr  6 00:01:01 server1 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[22479]: finished mcelog.cron
Apr  6 00:02:01 server1 CROND[22483]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:03:01 server1 CROND[22506]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:04:01 server1 CROND[22526]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:05:01 server1 CROND[22560]: (getmail) CMD (/usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
Apr  6 00:05:01 server1 CROND[22561]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:06:01 server1 CROND[22652]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:07:01 server1 CROND[22676]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:08:01 server1 CROND[22701]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)
Apr  6 00:09:01 server1 CROND[22724]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh &> /dev/null)

Not sure but is this what your looking for? This is the "Cron" file.
I just posted the Mid Night section. There is a ton of lines in here but a lot are just repeats.

Thanks

[falko]

Is your cron job listed in that log file?