Get Cron Job working

Get Cron Job working

by Stefan Hackel -
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Hello guys,

I set up a new moodle system on a webserver (access to webserver only with credentials and with filezilla, no other webinterface like on a hosting service). I can call the cron file per web browser and it's working but how do I automatically set up the cron job to run every minute, even when I am not on the computer? I already have a script for it but I don't know if I understand the docs correctly on this.

Is there a possibility to run this script on my webserver to execute the cronjob?

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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Howard Miller -
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What operating system is it? How much access do you have? What does "only with credentials" mean?
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Emma Richardson -
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If there is no control panel, you must have ssh access?
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Stefan Hackel -
Thanks for the quick responses! I am using Windows 10 and can only connect to the webserver via ftp, so no webinterface is available. I tried connecting over SSH with PuTTY some days ago but when I logged in, the PuTTY window closed itself and that was it.
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Are you sure you can provide a service (to others) under these constraints? Or, are you just experimenting alone?
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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https://docs.moodle.org/en/Cron
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Howard Miller -
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I assumed those were the docs he didn't fully understand. Although, that's always risky wink
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Stefan Hackel -
I read those docs but either I overlooked something or didn't understand it correctly that's why I asked for help. I saw the link for Windows under "Setting up cron on your system" but what I understood is that when my computer is shut down the cron job doesn't work or am I wrong? If I am right here I didn't read the possibility to let the cron job run on the webserver.
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Re: Get Cron Job working

by Howard Miller -
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If Moodle is running on a server then you don't shut it down.

If you're running it on a desktop just to "try it" then it doesn't matter. Cron can run while the PC is switched on. That'll do fine. Obviously (I hope), you can't run a service for real users on a computer you shut down.
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