What Is The Cron Job Url

[snake]

I need to run the cron job from URL as am on windows, but cannot find this info anywhere.

Can anyone tell me what the URL is ?

[Michael]

I need to run the cron job from URL as am on windows, but cannot find this info anywhere.

Can anyone tell me what the URL is ?

 

Settings > System > Automation > Cron job url. remove the */5 * * * *

[Paul]

Here are the docs on setting up a cron job - http://docs.blesta.com/display/user/Installing+Blesta#InstallingBlesta-4.SetupaCronJob

 

If you plan to run via a GET request, you'll be interested in this:

 

 the cron may be run by accessing https://www.yourdomain.com/blesta/install/path/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY where CRONKEY is your cron key as displayed under "Update Cron Key"

[snake]

Settings > System > Automation > Cron job url. remove the */5 * * * *

which gives

/usr/bin/php D:\HostingSpaces\russmichaels\cfmldeveloper.com\wwwroot\billing\index.php cron

 

which is not a URL, so cannot be run from the browser.

I have tried using mydomain.com/billing/index.php?cron

this does not work either

[snake]

Here are the docs on setting up a cron job - http://docs.blesta.com/display/user/Installing+Blesta#InstallingBlesta-4.SetupaCronJob

 

If you plan to run via a GET request, you'll be interested in this:

 

I have already read and tried  this as well Paul before posting, but that uRL is invalid (https://www.yourdomain.com/blesta/install/path/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY) as there is no cron folder, thus just gives a 404

[Blesta Addons]

I have already read and tried  this as well Paul before posting, but that uRL is invalid (https://www.yourdomain.com/blesta/install/path/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY) as there is no cron folder, thus just gives a 404

you should change it to your blesta url and your cron key

[snake]

you should change it to your blesta url and your cron key

the URL given was just an example URL which I re-quoted from Pauls post, I did of course use the url to my own site (DOH)

but as there is no cron folder, the url doesn't work.

see here: http://screencast.com/t/pVHrpnYo

 

and yes I have also checked the ZIP, there is no cron folder there either.

[Blesta Addons]

there are no cron folder in blesta package

[Joseph H]

Having the same Issue with setting up cron. I have tried editing the path. But never worked for me. I always have to run It manually 

[Michael]

Having the same Issue with setting up cron. I have tried editing the path. But never worked for me. I always have to run It manually 

 

We fixed this cron issue so I thought I'd update to see if your doing the right http://domain.com/index.php cron (Include the cron at the end)

[snake]

there are no cron folder in blesta package

I think that much was clear from my screenshot.

But if you read the rest of the thread, others think there is a cron folder and so do the docs.

[snake]

We fixed this cron issue so I thought I'd update to see if your doing the right http://domain.com/index.php cron (Include the cron at the end)

you cannot have spaces in url's

so that gets rewritten by the browser as

http://www.domain.com/index.php%20cron

which results in a 404 as it is an invalid url, as there is no such file as index.php%20cron

[Michael]

you cannot have spaces in url's

so that gets rewritten by the browser as

http://www.domain.com/index.php%20cron

which results in a 404 as it is an invalid url, as there is no such file as index.php%20cron

 

Not for the url but for the cron job task url on most control panels.

 

You want what Paul said above:

https://www.yourdomain.com/blesta/install/path/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY

EG for me: https://www.licensecart.com/billing/cron/?cron_key=3iOPp82T
(Changed cron key just incase someone tries it :] )

[snake]

 

Not for the url but for the cron job task url on most control panels.

 

You want what Paul said above:

https://www.yourdomain.com/blesta/install/path/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY

EG for me: https://www.licensecart.com/billing/cron/?cron_key=3iOPp82T
(Changed cron key just incase someone tries it :] )

 

as I said above, this URL fails because there is no such file or folder, please see the screenshot I provided, there is no CRON folder in the blesta installation.

[Michael]

as I said above, this URL fails because there is no such file or folder, please see the screenshot I provided, there is no CRON folder in the blesta installation.

 

Not sure what Windows uses but Blesta relies on .htaccess there's no folders at all on Blesta except for the plugins / modules / files for Blesta to work.

 

Routes.php (config/routes.php) controls the admin / client area urls. routes.php controls how the order pages are shown, plugins shown, etc...

 

It's like me looking on Blesta for a burger. Blesta doesn't do burgers do I'd be there all day looking for it.

[snake]

If it relies on .htaccess then this means it must be doing some url rewriting then

Obviously no-one has mentioned that requirement until now, and I have not seen it mentioned in the docs so far, so of course I had not way to know this.

So your burger anaology is actually wrong because it would be more like "blesta doesn't do burgers, but it can pretend to do burgers with its burger simulator", which is essentually what the .htaccess is doing with url rewriting, it is pretending that a cron folder exists by redirecting the request somewhere else.

[Michael]

If it relies on .htaccess then this means it must be doing some url rewriting then

Obviously no-one has mentioned that requirement until now, and I have not seen it mentioned in the docs so far, so of course I had not way to know this.

So your burger anaology is actually wrong because it would be more like "blesta doesn't do burgers, but it can pretend to do burgers with its burger simulator", which is essentually what the .htaccess is doing with url rewriting, it is pretending that a cron folder exists by redirecting the request somewhere else.

 

Sorry yeah it changes urls like you can remove .php from urls on my site you will be taken to /products that would be /products.php without .htaccess and rewrite code.

 

Well Blesta does work without .htaccess but your urls will be: blesta.com/account/index.php/cron/?cron=CronKey

[Paul]

.htaccess and mod_rewrite are not required. Without it, everything just begins with index.php. It's not a problem.

 

You come up with some mind boggling analogies Mike, lol.

[snake]

.htaccess and mod_rewrite are not required. Without it, everything just begins with index.php. It's not a problem.

 

You come up with some mind boggling analogies Mike, lol.

so what would the non  rewritten URL be then ?

I have tried http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/index.php/cron

but that doesn't work either

[Michael]

.htaccess and mod_rewrite are not required. Without it, everything just begins with index.php. It's not a problem.

 

You come up with some mind boggling analogies Mike, lol.

 

I do haha I need to think mate

 

so what would the non  rewritten URL be then ?

I have tried http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/index.php/cron

but that doesn't work either

 

some reason that's not a Blesta folder mate. where's Blesta installed?

[snake]

sorry that was a typo, the real url is
http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/billing/index.php/cron

I don't get any errors but the cron doesn't run

[Paul]

sorry that was a typo, the real url is

http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/billing/index.php/cron

I don't get any errors but the cron doesn't run

 

You MUST set a cron key under Settings > System > Automation. Then call it like so..

 

http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/billing/index.php/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY WHERE CRONKEY is your cron key as displayed under "Updated Cron Key".

[Michael]

 

You MUST set a cron key under Settings > System > Automation. Then call it like so..

 

http://www.cfmldeveloper.com/billing/index.php/cron/?cron_key=CRONKEY WHERE CRONKEY is your cron key as displayed under "Updated Cron Key".

 

Like this video: http://screencast.com/t/1hJ1Q6Ql3  this helps lol.

[snake]

Thanks Paul, looks like I finally got it working, I was sure I had already tried that URL yesterday

I guess  maybe I had made a typo and used cronkey=CRONKEY instead of cron_key=cronkey

 

but it is working now, thanks for your assistance.