Cron jobs are a significant part of each Magento store. It uses for sending emails, import/export tools, indexing etc. That’s why it is important to configure crontab in the right way.
Configure crontab
First of all, we’ll introduce how to configure crontab:
Go to the terminal and type:
1 | crontab -e |
This command will open configuration file for editing. In this file, you should enter instructions for cron in the text format:
1 | minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command |
For example, for executing a command every 15 minutes we need to type:
1 | */15 * * * * /path/to/command |
More details about time format you can find here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
Configure crontab for Magento 1.x
For configuring crontab for Magento 1.x, open crontab configurations by typing
1 | crontab -e |
Add the next line:
1 | */5 * * * * sh /path/to/folder/cron.sh |
Don’t forget to change /path/to/folder to real path to Magento folder.
Configure crontab for Magento 2.x
For configuring crontab for Magento 2.x, open crontab configurations by typing
1 | crontab -e |
Add next lines:
1 2 3 | * * * * * php /path/to/folder/bin/magento cron:run | grep -v "Run jobs by schedule" >> /path/to/folder/var/log/magento.cron.log * * * * * php /path/to/folder/update/cron.php >> /path/to/folder/var/log/update.cron.log * * * * * php /path/to/folder/bin/magento setup:cron:run >> /path/to/folder/var/log/setup.cron.log |
Don’t forget to change /path/to/folder to real path to Magento folder.
