How to Create Cron Job in DirectAdmin

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The cron command-line utility is a job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems. Users who set up and maintain software environments use cron to schedule jobs, also known as cron jobs, to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals.

Login to DirectAdmin

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Log in to your DirectAdmin control panel using your username and password.

Navigate to Cron Jobs

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Look for the "Advanced Features" section, and click on "Cron jobs",

Add a New Cron Job

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Click on the "Create a new cron job" or "Add a cron job" button.

Specify Cron Job Details

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Enter the command you want to run. If you're running a PHP script, the command might look like this,

php /path/to/your/script.php

Replace /path/to/your/script.php with the current path to your PHP script.

Specify the schedule for the cron job. For running a job every day at a specific time, you might use something like,

0 1 * * *

This means the cron job will run every day at 1:00 AM. The asterisks in the "Day of month," "Month," and "Day of week" fields mean "every day of the month," "every month," and "every day of the week," respectively. So, this cron job is scheduled to run daily at 1:00 AM.

also, Click Here to check/create timings as per your requirements.

* * * * *
| | | | |
| | | | +-- Day of the week (0 - 7) (Sunday is both 0 and 7)
| | | +---- Month (1 - 12)
| | +------ Day of the month (1 - 31)
| +-------- Hour (0 - 23)
+---------- Minute (0 - 59)

Once created you can check the created cron jobs,

E-mail

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You may want to enter your email address to receive notifications about the cron job. This can be helpful for debugging.

Click on the "Add" or "Save" button to create the cron job.

Make sure to replace placeholder values ​​with your current details.