Builder installation / update

CRON On-Premises

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.

Setup CRON to be executed automatically every minute:

Run command crontab -e to open CRON editor.
Append this line at the end:
* * * * * cd [BUILDER_DIR] && php cron.php
where replace "[BUILDER_DIR]" with a real path where you have builder installed.
Save new CRON.

Notes:

If you have multiple PHP versions on server and PHP CLI version differs from PHP WEB version used by builder then specify correct PHP executable in CRON command. For example:
* * * * * cd [BUILDER_DIR] && /usr/bin/php7 cron.php
CRON setup mechanism can vary from server to server. The command above shows standard CRON setup in server console.
For example, if you have builder installed on a cPanel account, then you may configure CRON per "Cron Jobs" button on that account.

Despite the fact CRON does not execute tasks every minute, it is still important to setup it to run every minute anyways. If cron.php is executed and no task is taken that exact minute then the script stops. This ensures cron mechanism performance optimization.