Setting up the System Cron Job

Setting up the System Cron Job for Magneto

Now that you have Magento installed, you will notice that in your html directory are to files called [cron.php] and [cron.sh].

These two files do the same process - activate the Magento internal cron.

Of the two, the one I have found to work the best is cron.php

By default cron.sh pulls or runs cron.php, so lets just take a step out of the process.

To setup your cron from the command line, you would run

crontab -e

Then insert the cron to run every 5 mins, default suggested by Magento

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /the/path/to/cron.php

You can also use the cron.sh file

*/5 * * * * /bin/bash -f /the/path/to/cron.sh

Now that you have setup the system you can check to make sure its working.

tail -f /var/log/cron | grep 'cron'