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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:

crontab -e

1	crontab -e

This command will open configuration file for editing. In this file, you should enter instructions for cron in the text format:

minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command

1	minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command

For example, for executing a command every 15 minutes we need to type:

*/15 * * * * /path/to/command

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

crontab -e

1	crontab -e

Add the next line:

*/5 * * * * sh /path/to/folder/cron.sh

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

crontab -e

1	crontab -e

Add next lines:

* * * * * 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

* * * * * 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.

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