Cron jobs are timetabled tasks, which are executed on regular intervals of time pre-set by the end user and they execute scripts coded in different programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, and so on. Depending on what exactly a cron needs to do, it can run every single minute, every week or even each year. There are lots of effective applications to make use of cron jobs in your everyday management of a site. For example, a backup copy of the entire site may be generated once a day as well as weekly or an email with all recent signups for the day can be delivered to a given e-mail address. This kind of automated options can make the administration of every website faster and easier. There are no particular file types which are allowed / forbidden, so any script can be run using a cron job.

Cron Jobs in Cloud Website Hosting

The simple to use Hepsia Hosting Control Panel will help you to set up cron jobs easily. In case you don't have prior knowledge about these types of matters, you will find a very user-friendly interface where one can plan the execution of the cron, selecting one or several time frame options - months, days, hours, minutes, or particular weekdays. The only thing that you will have to fill in manually is the specific command to be executed, which includes the path for PHP, Perl and Python scripts as well as the path to the particular file that is to be executed. More capable customers can also take advantage of the Advanced mode of our instrument and type in manually the execution time period with numbers and asterisks. If you want additional crons than your cloud website hosting package allows you to have, you'll be able to upgrade this feature in increments of five with a couple of clicks.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to install as many cron jobs as you would like if you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it does not take more than a minute to do that. In contrast to other web hosting Control Panels where you have to type commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to set up a cron job, our Hepsia Control Panel contains a user-friendly interface where you can decide how often a cron needs to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to choose the minutes, hours, day of the week, etc. The two things which you'll have to submit manually are the folder path to the script file that has to be executed along with the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You'll be able to copy/paste the latter from the Server Information area of your web hosting Control Panel, so it won't take you more than a couple of clicks to set up a cron job in your semi-dedicated account.