Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, which are executed on regular intervals of time set by the user and they execute scripts coded in several programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and so on. In accordance with what exactly a cron has to do, it can run each and every minute, once a week or maybe once per year. There're numerous practical applications to use cron jobs in the everyday administration of a website. For instance, a backup of the full website may be generated once per day as well as once a week or an email with all of the recent signups for the day can be delivered to a given email address. This kind of automatic options will make the administration of every site much easier. There aren't any precise file types that can be allowed / forbidden, so any script can be executed using a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Web Hosting

If you get any of our web hosting packages, you'll be able to set up cron jobs with a couple clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have never done that previously. Hepsia is very simple to use, so instead of entering numbers and asterisks on particular places, which is the typical way to make a cron job, you'll be able to choose the minutes, hours or days some script needs to be executed using simple drop-down navigation. The latter is done in your Cron Jobs area of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can use the first method as well, in case you are knowledgeable enough and you prefer it. In either case, you will also need to enter the path to the script that'll be executed and the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files in your account. The latter can be found in the Control Panel and you'll be able to copy/paste it, but if you encounter any kind of issues, you can always get in touch with your tech support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to install as many cron jobs as you would like when you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from us and it doesn't take more than one minute to do that. In contrast to other website hosting Control Panels where you need to type commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to be able to create a cron job, the Hepsia Control Panel includes an intuitive interface where you're able to choose how often a cron should run by using simple drop-down menus to pick the hours, minutes, weekdays, etcetera. The only two things which you will need to enter manually are the folder path to the script file which should be executed and the command path to the programming language system files in the account (PHP. Perl, Python). You'll be able to copy and paste the latter from the Server Information area of your website hosting Control Panel, so it won't take you more than a couple of clicks to set up a cron job within your semi-dedicated account.