Cron in ISPCONFIG3

[ctroyp]

I have a script that needs to be run daily. Should I use the Cron Job page in ISPCONFIG to do this, or do I need to add it manually on the server, or both?

In order to test it, I added the following in ISPCONFIG (running at min intervals for testing purpose) :

*/5
*
*
*
*
wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

Another question...should ISPCONFIG create a new file in /etc/cron.d for this new entry? I have seen that it does during other tests, but for some reason, it is no longer creating this file.

I do not see any new entries in /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log, nor anywhere else, but I do see new entries in syslog. For example in syslog:

Jan 10 10:30:01 server2 /USR/SBIN/CRON[9529]: (web3) CMD (/var/www/clients/client1/web3wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php)

With the particular script that is running (...cron.php), it should be generating a log file that I have created, but it is not, despite the appearance that it is being logged in syslog.

Any insight?

Thanks!

[ctroyp]

Update:
I now see that a file has been created in /etc/cron.d:

MAILTO=''

SHELL='/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh'

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/var/www/clients/client1/web3wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

Does this look correct?

Forgot to mention that the cron job still isn't being executed. And I have also tried:

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3    /usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web3/web/cron.php

[till]

You have to use the full path to commands in cronjobs, as cron does not use the $PATH variable. So the correct command will be something like:

/usr/bin/wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

[ctroyp]

Changed to full path, but still, it is not running.

[till]

Ok. And how does the crontab looks now? Any errors in the syslog or messages log?

[ctroyp]

I do know that the syslog look to be giving the same entries (with the /usr/bin/wget this time), but I have not looked at the messages log. I don't have access to the system right now, but I'll take a look as soon as I get back...thanks for the help thus far!

[ctroyp]

No errors or relevant entries in messages or syslog.

[BorderAmigos]

A side note.... Webmin peacefully coexists with ISPConfig, both can be installed. I set my other cron jobs up in Webmin.

[ctroyp]

I need o get this working with the standard method via ISPConfig. Any other thoughts till?

[till]

The cron entrys in the crontab files are fine, so ispconfig is working correctly here as this is all ispconfig has to do, the execution of the cronjob is a question of the operating system. have you tried to restart the cron daemon?