Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, which are executed on regular time intervals set by the end user and they also execute scripts coded in various programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etcetera. In accordance with what actually a cron should do, it can run every minute, once a week or maybe each year. There're plenty of handy applications to employ cron jobs in the day-to-day management of a website. For instance, a backup copy of the whole website can be generated every day or maybe once a week or an e-mail with all recent signups for the day may be sent to a particular email address. Such automatic options can make the administration 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 Hosting

Setting up a cron job requires just 3 very simple steps when you obtain a cloud hosting package from us. The Hepsia Control Panel, that comes with all the website hosting accounts, features an area dedicated to the crons and once you go there, you have to type the folder path to the script that you would like to be executed, the command path to the system files for the specific programming language (Perl, Python, PHP), that you can copy and paste from the Server Information section, and set how often the cron job needs to run. For the time interval, we provide two options - a very intuitive one with drop-down navigation where you can choose the minutes, hours, days or months, along with a more complex one that is used with many other website hosting Control Panels where you have to type numbers and asterisks on certain positions that define different time periods.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to install as many cron jobs as you need if you host your websites with a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it does not take more than a minute to do that. In contrast to many other website hosting Control Panels where you should type commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to be able to create a cron job, our Hepsia Control Panel features an intuitive interface where you will be able to select how often a cron needs to run by using simple drop-down menus to pick the minutes, hours, weekdays, etc. The only two things that you will need to type in manually are the folder path to the script file which should be run and the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You will be able to copy/paste the aforementioned from the Server Information area of your hosting Control Panel, therefore it won't take you more than a few clicks to set up a cron job within your semi-dedicated account.