A cron job is an automated task, that executes a particular action - typically running some script inside a web hosting account. The task is pre-set, therefore it will run regularly - weekly, daily, hourly and so on. There are lots of good reasons to use a cron job for your sites. For example, you may get daily reports how many visitors have signed up on your website, a temp folder may be emptied automatically each and every week or a backup copy of the content can be generated in a standalone folder inside your web hosting account. Using cron jobs can help you with the management of your sites as you can have numerous things completed automatically and have reports about them, instead of investing time and efforts to do them by hand.

Cron Jobs in Shared Website Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, that comes with all of our shared website hosting plans, allows you to set up cron jobs in a few basic steps even if you have not used this type of option before. When you sign in and proceed to the Cron Jobs section where you can set background tasks, you just have to copy and paste the system access path to PHP, Perl or Python based on the script that you'll run, type the path inside of your account for the actual script file and then choose how often the cron job will be executed. For the aforementioned, you can use the standard mode and choose the days, hours, minutes, etcetera through simple drop-down navigation, or maybe if you are more experienced, you can use the advanced mode and set the time period with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method that you may have employed with other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

Installing a cron job in our system is really easy. Once you sign in to the Hepsia Control Panel, which is included with all semi-dedicated server accounts, you are able to go to the Cron Jobs section where you only need to select the directory path to the script file to be executed along with the command path for the specific language the script was written in - PHP, Perl, Python, Bash. You can find the aforementioned within the Control Panel, and you can copy and paste it with several clicks. Then, choose the time period for your cron using drop-down menus for the minutes, hours, days or months and you're all set. Our cron job setup wizard makes the entire process very easy and intuitive, so you will not have any problems if you do not have prior experience. When you are more experienced, you can also use the regular cron format with the two paths, digits and asterisks typed on one line.