Cron in ISPCONFIG3

I have a script that needs to be run daily. Should I use the Cron Job page in ISPCONFIG to do this, or do I need to add it manually on the server, or both?

In order to test it, I added the following in ISPCONFIG (running at min intervals for testing purpose) :

Code:

*/5
*
*
*
*
wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

Another question...should ISPCONFIG create a new file in /etc/cron.d for this new entry? I have seen that it does during other tests, but for some reason, it is no longer creating this file.

I do not see any new entries in /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log, nor anywhere else, but I do see new entries in syslog. For example in syslog:

Code:

Jan 10 10:30:01 server2 /USR/SBIN/CRON[9529]: (web3) CMD (/var/www/clients/client1/web3wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php)

With the particular script that is running (...cron.php), it should be generating a log file that I have created, but it is not, despite the appearance that it is being logged in syslog.

Any insight?

Thanks!

 

Update:
I now see that a file has been created in /etc/cron.d:

Code:

MAILTO=''

SHELL='/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh'

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/var/www/clients/client1/web3wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

Does this look correct?

Forgot to mention that the cron job still isn't being executed. And I have also tried:

Code:

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3    /usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web3/web/cron.php

 

Changed to full path, but still, it is not running.

 

I do know that the syslog look to be giving the same entries (with the /usr/bin/wget this time), but I have not looked at the messages log. I don't have access to the system right now, but I'll take a look as soon as I get back...thanks for the help thus far!

 

No errors or relevant entries in messages or syslog.

 

A side note.... Webmin peacefully coexists with ISPConfig, both can be installed. I set my other cron jobs up in Webmin.

 

I need o get this working with the standard method via ISPConfig. Any other thoughts till?

 

Yes, even restarted the server. I just really don't know what else to try.

 

Is it a problem not having a space before the /usr/bin/wget?

Code:

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/var/www/clients/client1/web3/usr/bin/wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

 

So, does this look correct then?

Code:

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/var/www/clients/client1/web3 /usr/bin/wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

 

Hmm...

I deleted, then recreated the cron jobs (only 2) and they listed in the ISPConfig interface as expected. Then, a couple hours later, I went in to see if anything was working and noticed two things: 1. The file was not created in /etc/cron.d and 2. There were no longer any cron jobs listed in ISPConfig.

So...I tried to recreate them once again and I get the following error:

Code:

Error

   1. The maximum number of allowed cron jobs was reached.

 

This is strange...

I went back to the ISPConfig cron jobs page a couple hours later and it is now populated, but the file still does not appear in /etc/cron.d. I have refreshed cache and still no luck.

 

I'm not sure, but shouldn't it read just

Code:

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/usr/bin/wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

(without /var/www/clients/client1/web3)?

 

I recreated everything again and the file was finally created:

Code:

MAILTO=''

SHELL='/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh'

*/5	*	*	*	*	web3	/usr/bin/wget -q http://www.mydomain.com/cron.php

...and it still doesn't appear to be running.

 

I have wget installed in /var/www/clients/client1/web3/usr/bin.