How to set cron job on unix
29 Jun
Are you looking for how to set cron job on Unix? Then you are at the right blog.
Go to command prompt and type command below.
#crontab -e
This will open one file for you.
Write following line in it
* * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q http://your-drupal-site.com/cron.php
(Above cron will run every minute.)
If you are using vi editor press escape :wq and return key to save your cron.
You can check your cron jobs using following command
#crontab -l
This will list your all existing cron jobs.
Important
When using SSL then you need to add one more parameter while calling wget to run cron job successfully.
Cron job when using SSL
* * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q –no-check-certificate https://your-drupal-site.com/cron.php
note there is one more parameter added in above syntax that is –no-check-certificate
Kindly leave your comments for any queries or suggestions.
Thank you.
As we do have the URL and well Drupal do provide a proper user interface to execute cron job. What is the difference between running cron from command prompt and from browser?
Yes Fernando, Drupal has provided interface to execute cron job manually. But your admin user will need to go and run cron manually every time. Instead you can set cron job and system will run it self.
Simple but a very useful article.
cheers !!!!