Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, that are executed on regular time intervals pre-set by the end user and they execute scripts developed in numerous programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etc. Depending on what actually a cron has to do, it can run each and every minute, once a week or maybe annually. There're numerous practical applications to use cron jobs in the day-to-day management of a website. Such as, a backup copy of the whole site may be generated once per day or maybe weekly or an e-mail message with all fresh signups for the day can be delivered to a certain email. This kind of automatic options can make the management of every site faster and easier. There are no specific file types that can be allowed or forbidden, so every script can be executed with a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Website Hosting

If you get any of our cloud website hosting packages, you're able to create cron jobs with a few clicks using your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have never done that before. Hepsia is very easy to use, so as opposed to writing numbers and asterisks on certain places, which is the typical technique to make a cron job, you will be able to select the minutes, hours or days a given script should be executed using quick drop-down menus. The latter is done from the Cron Jobs area of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can use the first method as well, in case you are skilled enough and you prefer it. In both cases, you will also have to enter 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 latter is included in the Control Panel and you're able to copy/paste it, still if you encounter any kind of difficulties, you can call your support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to assign as many cron jobs as you need if you host your sites with a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it doesn't take more than a minute to do that. Unlike other website hosting Control Panels where you should enter commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to set up a cron job, the Hepsia Control Panel features a time and effort saving interface where you will be able to decide how often a new cron should run by using simple drop-down menus to pick the hours, minutes, day of the week, etcetera. The two things that you will have to enter manually are the folder path to the script file which has to be executed along with the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You can copy/paste the latter from the Server Information part of your web hosting Control Panel, therefore it will not take you more than a few clicks to set up a cron job in your semi-dedicated account.