2.11.2. Adding a cron task

To add a cron task, do the following:

1. Open the section "Task Schedule (Cron)»:
2. Click "Add task»:
3. Specify the required settings and click "Save»:
   • «Task"- specify the command to be executed according to the schedule. It is recommended to first run it manually, by connecting via SSHto make sure it works exactly as intended.
   • «Start time"- specify the time when the task should be launched. Use one of the ready-made presets or specify your own version. Note In the selection and verification of your option will help "Help in setting up", Which opens our cron calculator, or use third-party services like Sysmasters.net | Cron calculator or crontab guru.
   • «Comment"- if necessary, specify an arbitrary comment to the task. Used for convenience. Comments can be useful when there are a lot of added tasks.
   • «Send report about by e-mail"- if you want to receive cron task execution reports to the mail, specify the mailbox to which they need to be sent, if the reports are not needed, leave the field blank.
4. Wait approximately 30-60 minutes for the changes to take effect.

To specify when to start Cron tasks, a specific syntax is used for each value of the specified time. Syntax elements can be combined with each other by separating them with a comma, for example: */30, 1-10, 53 - the task will be launched at: 00, 01 and all numbers up to 10, 30, 53.

• */X - launching the task at a time multiple of the specified in X. For example, an indication */20 for seconds and minutes will run the task in the following values: 00, 20, 40.
• 1,2,3 - enumeration of the required values separated by commas.
• 1-10 - an indication of the interval of the desired values, in the example all numbers from 1 to 10 will be used.
• * - any value.

All added tasks are displayed in the list:

• «Start time"- the task launch schedule in the standard cron format.
• «Next launch"- date and time of the next scheduled task triggering. Attention! The launch at the specified time may not take place if less than 30-60 minutes have passed since the task was added or changed.
• «Task"- the full text of the command, a comment to the task and the launch schedule in a human-readable form.
• «Report"- the mail address where the task progress reports, or a dash.
• «Control»- task control buttons:
  • «Suspend task execution" or "Restore task execution"- stop or resume the launch of the scheduled task.
  • «Test run of the task"- start the task manually. It can be used to check the operation of a command or launch it ahead of schedule before the scheduled time. After launch, the window displays the contents of the standard output - the text displayed by the command during its execution, or information about errors.
  • «Edit"- change task settings.
  • «Delete"- deleting the task.