A cron job is a command, that runs conveniently in the background on a pre-set period of time and it also runs a script inside a web hosting account. There are no limitations regarding what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etc., what it could do, or what exactly the file extension should be. Examples are sending a daily report which contains all of the client activity on a given website, creating a routine backup or deleting the files within a specific folder. These tasks as well as any other script can be run on time periods chosen by the end user - each few minutes, hours or days, and even once a month or maybe annually depending on the specific purpose. Making use of cron jobs to improve different aspects of managing a site saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia Control Panel, that comes with all of the cloud hosting plans, will help you to set up cron jobs in a few easy steps even if you haven't ever employed such a feature before. As soon as you sign in and visit the Cron Jobs section where you're able to create background tasks, you just need to copy and paste the server access path to Perl, Python or PHP with respect to the script that you will run, type the path within your account for the specific script file and select how often the cron job has to be executed. For the aforementioned, you can use the standard mode and select the days, hours, minutes, etc. using simple drop-down navigation, or in case you are more experienced, you can take full advantage of the advanced mode and specify the time interval with numbers and asterisks i.e. the usual method which you may have used with other Control Panels.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to create as many cron jobs as you'd like if you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it doesn't take over a minute to do that. In contrast to various other website hosting Control Panels where you need to enter commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to create a cron job, the Hepsia Control Panel has an intuitive interface where you will be able to select how often a new cron has to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to select the hours, minutes, day of the week, etcetera. The two things which you'll need to enter manually are the folder path to the script file that should be executed plus the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You'll be able to copy and paste the aforementioned from the Server Information part of your hosting Control Panel, so it won't take you more than a few clicks to set up a cron job inside your semi-dedicated account.