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| − | Depending on your server setup, you can run the cron directly from the php executable. | + | Depending on your server setup, you can run the cron directly from the php executable. If this is not possible, you would need to use the server browser to run the cron |
An example command to run is: | An example command to run is: | ||
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|C:\php\php.exe -q "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\whmcs7\admin\cron.php" | |C:\php\php.exe -q "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\whmcs7\admin\cron.php" | ||
| − | |"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.php" " | + | |- |
| + | |"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.php" "http://www.yourdomain.com/whmcspath/cron.php" | ||
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Revision as of 10:54, 23 September 2008
Contents
Setting Up Cron Jobs
We recommend you run the cron once per day to avoid your customers receiving duplicate emails for overdue notices etc. The following information will aid you in setting up your Admin cron (invoice generation etc) on different Control Panels and environments.
The examples below will setup the cron to run at 9am every day.
cPanel
Click on the Cron Job link in cPanel and then click the Advanced (Unix Style) button.
| Option | Minute | Hour | Day | Month | Weekday | Command | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a) | 0 | 9 | * | * | * | php -q /path/to/home/public_html/whmcspath/adminpath/cron.php | ||
| b) | 0 | 9 | * | * | * | wget -O http://www.yourdomain.com/whmcspath/adminpath/cron.php >/dev/null | ||
| c) | 0 | 9 | * | * | * | get http://www.yourdomain.com/whmcspath/adminpath/cron.php |
Direct Admin
Windows Server
Depending on your server setup, you can run the cron directly from the php executable. If this is not possible, you would need to use the server browser to run the cron
An example command to run is:
| Command |
|---|
| C:\php\php.exe -q "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\whmcs7\admin\cron.php" |
| "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.php" "http://www.yourdomain.com/whmcspath/cron.php" |