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Cronjobs

What is Cron job?

Cron is a utility in Linux, also known as a cron job, and is a time-based scheduler in Unix-like operating systems(Linux, Mac OS, etc.) as a pure definition. It simply allows you to schedule the execution of commands on your Linux system at specific intervals or on a schedule. You can create almost any kind of Schedule with the syntax.

1* * * * * /path/to/script.sh 2* * * * * command

Here, The first 5 asterisk signs allow you to control minutes, days, hours, months and days of weeks. The asterisk sign means “Every”. It means that the above-given command and script will run every minute, every hour, every day of the week, all the days in a month, and every month!

You can do */2 to change settings to “alternate”. Or you can set just a number anywhere, Like 1 or 2, to execute a command every 2nd day of a week, 2nd day of a month, 2nd month.

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If it is too hard for you, ServerAvatar has a preset to set the schedule quickly. Finally, let's see how you can create cron jobs with ServerAvatar.

Create a Cronjob

Step 1: First, log in to the ServerAvatar Account.

Step 2: Click on the Server Dashboard button.

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Step 3: You will see the option Cronjobs on the left-hand sidebar of the Server Panel. Click on “Cronjobs”.

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After that, you will see the Cronjobs screen like the below image.

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Step 4: Click on the Create button on the top right of the Cron jobs table, as mentioned in the above image. By clicking, a form will appear below in which you have to fill up the necessary details.

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Fill out the required fields in the form-

  1. Name: The Name for identification of your cron job.

  2. Application User: Select an application user as whom you want to schedule the commands.

  3. Command to Execute: Type command or script to execute.

  4. Schedule: Here, you can select an execution time for your command ranging from every minute to every month, including a Custom schedule.

    • Select a Custom Schedule type. And the fields have been extended as in the below image.

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    You can set any time interval you want.

Click on the Create Cronjob button, and your Server is ready to run the command at a precisely selected time.

Update a Cronjob

By clicking on the update icon as mentioned in the image below, you can Update your cron job.

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Enable/Disable a Cronjob

By clicking on the toggle as mentioned in the image below, you can enable/disable your cron job.

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Delete a Cronjob

By clicking on the Delete button as mentioned in the image below.

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After that, an alert message will pop up on your screen to verify that you truly intended to perform this action.

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Now, Click on the “Yes, I'm!” button to Delete the cronjob.