Cron job help

[CanadaAirVirtual]

How would I go about setting up the below cron job, or can anyone direct myself to any tutorials on how. Our VA runs phpVMS Version simpilot 5.5.2

 

Cron

If you have the ability, it's best to setup a cron-job to run the maintenance script. The command to add is:

php -f /home/canadaai/public_html/admin/maintenance.php

It's recommended to run this sometime between 2-6am (pick an artibrary time when you would least-likely have any flights). Also, remember to change in local.config.php, USE_CRON to true, so phpVMS doesn't try to automatically schedule these tasks to run.

Note: If you setup the cron to run, it's recommended to also run it by hand once to ensure data is populated, unless you want to wait for it to run automatically.

 

 

[CanadaAirVirtual]

I think I figured it out. Would I not just navigate to /core/local.config.php, then replace the following script

Config::Set('USE_CRON', false);
with this
Config::Set('USE_CRON', true);

then add the following command to a cron job

php /home/canadaai/public_html/admin/maintenance.php

 

Any help/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Edited October 18, 2018 by CanadaAirVirtual

[CanadaAirVirtual]

Did I do something wrong?...28 hours and not 1 reply, how disappointing. How are we (newbies) supposed to learn anything?

[ProAvia]

With my host, there is a menu item in CPanel under Advanced called Cron jobs. This is where you would set up the cron job. The command to enter there is the one in your first post --- php -f /home/canadaai/public_html/admin/maintenance.php

In local.config.php you have to have Config::Set('USE_CRON', true);

That should work - but you will have to find how to enter the cron job with your host if you don't have CPanel access

[CanadaAirVirtual]

Awesome, I have now setup a cron-job to run the maintenance script once a day, thank you for the assistance ProAvia!

Edited October 21, 2018 by CanadaAirVirtual

[ProAvia]

Glad you got it working