A cron job is a command, which functions automatically in the background over a pre-set time period and it also runs a script inside a web hosting account. There aren't any limitations in regard to what the script is - PHP, Bash, Perl, etcetera, what it could do, or what exactly the file extension will be. Examples are mailing an everyday report with the user activity on a given site, creating a routine backup or deleting the content within a particular folder. These types of tasks and / or any other script can be executed on time periods specified by the user - every few minutes, hours or days, and even once per month or perhaps once a year depending on the exact goal. Making use of cron jobs to speed up different elements of administrating a website saves considerable time and efforts.

Cron Jobs in Website Hosting

If you get any of our website hosting packages, you will be able to set up cron jobs with a couple of mouse clicks through your Hepsia Control Panel even when you have never done that before. Hepsia is quite simple to use, so instead of entering numbers and asterisks on certain positions, which is the common way to set up a cron job, you'll be able to choose the minutes, hours or days some script has to be run using very simple drop-down menus. This is done in the Cron Jobs section of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can always use the first method as well, in case you're skilled enough and you prefer it. In both cases, you'll need to enter the path to the script which will be executed along with the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files in your account. The last mentioned can be found in the Control Panel and you are able to copy/paste it, but if you experience any kind of issues, you can get in touch with your tech support team.

Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to create as many cron jobs as you would like if you host your sites with a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it does not take more than one minute to do that. Unlike various 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, our Hepsia Control Panel includes a time and effort saving interface where you'll be able to select how often a cron has to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to select the minutes, hours, day of the week, etcetera. The two things which you will need to submit manually are the folder path to the script file which should be run and the command path to the programming language system files in the account (PHP. Perl, Python). You can copy the latter from the Server Information area of your web hosting Control Panel, so it will not take you more than a couple of clicks to create a cron job within your semi-dedicated account.