CRON On-Premises

Reference:

• Setting up cron on a hosting panel
• Setting up cron through server console
• Troubleshooting

Currently CRON includes the following tasks:

• builder update (run once per day) — This cron task keeps builder always up-to-date.
• temporary/old files cleanup (run twice per day) — during builder work it accumulates some garbage (temporary/old files) which can take a lot of space with time. This cron task keeps builder clean and space optimized.
• free disk space checking (run every 5 minutes) — This cron task checks free disk space the builder is running on. Once the disk is full it disables builder and shows corresponding message for clients. This is important because during lack of free space builder can work unpredictably and even damage clients' site data used by builder. We recommend to sometimes check free disk space on builder server and ensure that there are at least 2 GB available.

When on-premises builder is installed on account of hosting control panel, then cron should be set up by following steps:

on cPanel:

• log in to cPanel account with the builder installation;
• navigate to "Cron Jobs";
• for "Common Settings" field select value "Once Per Minute";
• for "Command" field specify the following value:
  cd /home/[user]/public_html && /usr/local/bin/ea-php81 cron.php
  where correct the path if needed, replace placeholder [user] and replace "81" PHP version to the one your builder is running on;
• click button "Add New Cron Job" to save new cron task.

on Plesk:

• log in to Plesk account with the builder installation;
• click "Scheduled Tasks" button;
• click "Add Task" button;
• select "Run a PHP script" option;
• for "Script path" click browse button right to the input field, find the file "cron.php" in builder installation and click "OK";
• select the PHP version your builder is running on;
• click "OK" button to save new cron task.

on DirectAdmin:

• log in to DirectAdmin account with the builder installation;
• navigate to "Advanced Features" → "Cron Jobs"
• click "Create Cron Job" button;
• for fields minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week keep the asterisk symbol *;
• for "Command" field specify the following value:
  cd /home/[user]/domains/[domain]/public_html && php cron.php
  where correct the path if needed, and replace placeholders [user] and [domain] to yours;
• click "Create" button to save new cron task.

on ISPmanager:

• log in to ISPmanager account with the builder installation;
• navigate to "CRON jobs" menu item;
• click button "Create plan";
• for "Command" field specify the following value:
  cd /var/www/[user]/data/www/[domain] && /opt/php81/bin/php cron.php
  where correct the path if needed, replace placeholders [user] and [domain], and replace "81" PHP version to the one your builder is running on;
• choose "expert mode" option;
• for fields Minute, Hours, Days of month, Months, Days of week enter the asterisk symbol *;
• optionally check "Do not email report" option;
• click "Create" button to save new cron task.

• run command crontab -e to open cron editor;
• append this line at the end:
  * * * * * cd /var/www/html && php cron.php
  where correct the path if needed and replace "php" if needed to the correct version the builder is running on;
• save new cron task.