ISPConfig 3 cron jobs not working

Discussion in 'General' started by misuv, Sep 12, 2013.

  1. misuv

    misuv Member

    Hi there

    I looked over all post I found but I can't find a solution for my problem.

    I installed a server following this tutorial. Everthing works fine, except cron jobs.:mad:

    I setup a client with full cron & -1 at Max. number of cron jobs & Min. delay between executions and enabled Shell User for this client

    I can ad cron jobs from panel, both as admin and client.

    I tried 3 versions for same cron from ispconfig panel, a file ispc_web1 was create in /etc/cron.d# with the following content:

    MAILTO=''
    SHELL='/bin/sh'

    * * * * * web1 /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/crono-grab-addresses.php #domain.com
    * * * * * web1 /usr/bin/wget -q -t 1 -T 7200 -O /dev/null 'http://www.domain.com/crono/crono-grab-addresses.php' >/dev/null 2>&1 #domain.com

    * * * * * web1 /usr/bin/wget http://www.domain.com/crono/crono-grab-addresses.php #domain.com


    cron log file shows only:

    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0 (many times)

    no cron is executed :confused:

    from server comand line I tried:

    crontab -u web1 -l

    And answer is:

    no crontab for web1

    what I'm doing wrong?

    Help me please!!!!
     
  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The cronjobs are stored in /etc/cron.d and not in a crontab. If you want to view them, take a look into the files in /etc/cron.d/. The crontab command is only for editing the crontab and not the crontabs in cron.d.

    This can not work, the php interpeter is missing. correct would be e.g.

    /usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/crono-grab-addresses.php

    Thats ok, it will work as long as the script can really be reached under the url: http://www.domain.com/crono/crono-grab-addresses.php
     
  3. misuv

    misuv Member

    still not working

    Hi Till

    thanks for your answer

    I changed the code as you sugested.

    1) the cron jobs are inserted using ISPconfig GUI

    2) I checked in /etc/cron.d and I have the folowing files:
    amavisd-new awstats ispc_web1 mailman php5

    3) in ispc_web1 I have:
    MAILTO=''
    SHELL='/bin/sh'

    * * * * * web1 /usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/test_ok.php #smirotour.ro


    4) if I run command: crontab -u web1 -l I received answer: no crontab for web1

    5)the cron is not executed. If I run file manualy is executed

    any more sugestions?
     
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    1-3: ok and as it should be.
    4) Ok as well, the user crontab is something different then the files in cron.d, so you an not list the content of cron.d files with the crontab command.
    5) Check your syslog file for cron lines.
     
  5. misuv

    misuv Member

    command tail -f /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log

    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf .d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0


    script is not executed:mad:
     
  6. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Thats the wrong file and not related to user cronjobs. Take a look into the syslog like I suggested above. The syslog is /var/log/syslog
     
  7. misuv

    misuv Member

    one step ahead

    Hi till

    thank you, I start to make progresses.

    1) in /var/log/syslog:

    Sep 17 12:20:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[5044]: (getmail) CMD (/usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh > /dev/null 2>> /dev/null)
    Sep 17 12:20:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[5043]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh > /dev/null 2>> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log)
    Sep 17 12:20:01 server1 /USR/SBIN/CRON[5045]: (web1) CMD (/usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/test_ok.php #smirotour.ro)


    2) I added a mail report and received the followin message:

    Cron <web1@server1> /usr/bin/php /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/test_ok.php #smirotour.ro

    PHP Deprecated: Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/ming.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0
    Could not open input file: /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/test_ok.php


    3) I tried to change /usr/bin/php with /usr/bin/php5 (as I fount on net), but the result was the same

    I think the problem is with the path used:confused:. on ISPConfig GIU is suggested: e.g. /var/www/clients/client1/myscript.sh or http://www.mydomain.com/path/script.php

    But when I tried /var/www/clients/client1/web/crono/test_ok.php I received the same result

    any more sugestions?
     
  8. subit

    subit New Member

    Similar Issue

    Hi Till,

    i have having the same sort of issue with crons that have stopped working

    The cron jobs are configured within ISPConfig

    i have the following logs:

    cat /var/syslog -
    Sep 18 10:52:01 CRON[31533]: (web72) CMD (/usr/bin/wget -q -t 1 -T 7200 -O /dev/null 'http://www.domain.com/crons/update_category_suppliercounts.php' >/dev/null 2>&1 #domain.com)

    /etc/cron.d/ispc_web72 -
    22,52 * * * * web72 /usr/bin/wget -q -t 1 -T 7200 -O /dev/null 'http://www.domain.com/crons/update_category_suppliercounts.php' >/dev/null 2>&1 #domain.com

    ISPConfig site error.log
    [Wed Sep 18 10:52:01 2013] [error] [client *.*.*.*] client denied by server configuration: /u0/webroot/virtual/clients/client9/web72/web/public_html/crons/update_category_suppliercounts.php

    The crons can be run from a browser without any issues

    I cant see where the denied from server configuration comes into play

    Any help would be greatly appreciated

    Paul
     
    Last edited: Sep 18, 2013
  9. Farsus

    Farsus Member

    open ming.ini and replace "#" with a ";" and your error message are gone ;-)
     
  10. misuv

    misuv Member

    still not working

    I already done this, but the crono is still not working:mad:
     
  11. Farsus

    Farsus Member

    my recomandation to remove the ming error has nothing to do with your cron problem.
    it was just a help to remove the error you was reciving from ming.ini
    so you could focus on the cron problem

    sorry but the cron problem i dont have a solution to
     
  12. misuv

    misuv Member

    still not working

    didn't solved the problem :mad:

    can anyone help me, please? :confused:
     
  13. Kims

    Kims New Member

    Hi,
    I found this topic by performing a search on Google because I was wondering why the cronjobs that I entered on the "Cron Jobs" page within ISPconfig3 doesn't work the way I thought they would.

    I finally made my 3 cronjobs working by reading the output within /var/log/syslog

    When entering a cronjob - you need to keep in mind that the command that is being used is either "wget" for URL's entered or "sh" for command line execution. Do not enter any wget or sh in front cause it won't work, they are added automatically.
    Furthermore, if you enter which site needs to use the cronjob - the path is relative to the website root of the user.

    So this means:
    --------------------
    URL's are to be entered in this format:
    http://www.somecronjob.com/somedirectory/cron.php?task=fish

    Wget is automatically added to the URL that is being requested every given times you want it to run decided from your */5 * * * * fields.
    --------------------
    Command line cronjobs which are run by sh, are to be entered in this format:
    web/somedirectory/cron.sh?task=fish
    The path is relative to the root of the Website you choose.
    Some documentation on the "sh" linux command can be found here: http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_sh.htm
    --------------------

    I hope this helps some people who might have the same struggles I had to get them working :)

    Regards,
    Kims
     
    Last edited: Oct 29, 2013
  14. misuv

    misuv Member

    1 step ahead

    thanks Kims

    I changed the path to web/crono/test_ok.php and now the cron is running :)
    or not :mad:

    I had 2 errors:

    1) acces denied to file fo cron job
    I solved this by running the following command:
    chmod +x /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php
    suggested on http://askubuntu.com/questions/23009/reasons-why-crontab-does-not-work?page=1&tab=votes#tab-top

    But this should have been done by ISPConfig GUI, I think:confused:

    2) and a problem that I didn't solved :mad: and I need help
    when I run the cron job I receive the following error:

    ---------------------
    # /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php
    /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
    'var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php: line 1: `<?php ob_start(); ?>

    ------------------------

    here is the code of my file:
    ------------------------
    <?php ob_start(); ?>
    <?php

    defined("DB_SERVER") ? null : define("DB_SERVER", "******"); // DB server name
    defined("DB_USER") ? null : define("DB_USER", "******"); // DB user
    defined("DB_PASS") ? null : define("DB_PASS", "******"); // DB password
    defined("DB_NAME") ? null : define("DB_NAME", "******"); // DB name
    //
    // Create a database connection
    $connection = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USER, DB_PASS);
    if (!$connection) {
    exit('Database connection failed: ' . mysql_error());
    } else {
    // set charset to UTF-8
    mysql_set_charset("utf8");

    // Select database
    $db_select = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME, $connection);
    if (!$db_select) {
    exit('Database selection failed: ' . mysql_error());
    }
    }
    ?>

    <?php
    function getIP() {
    if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) { //check ip from share internet
    $ip = filter_var(trim($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']), FILTER_VALIDATE_IP);
    } elseif (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) { //to check ip is pass from proxy
    $ip = filter_var(trim($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']), FILTER_VALIDATE_IP);
    } else {
    $ip = filter_var(trim($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']), FILTER_VALIDATE_IP);
    }
    if ($ip == '::1') {
    $ip = '127:0:0:1';
    }

    return $ip; // return empty string if IP is not valid
    }

    $date = time();

    $text = getIP();

    // Create
    $sql_insert = ' INSERT INTO test ';
    $sql_insert .= ' ( text , date ) ';
    $sql_insert .= ' VALUES ';
    $sql_insert .= ' ( "' . $text . '" , "' . $date . '" ) ';

    $result_sql_insert = mysql_query($sql_insert, $connection);

    // Check result
    // This shows the actual query sent to MySQL, and the error. Useful for debugging.
    if (!$result_sql_insert) {
    $message = 'Invalid query: ' . mysql_error() . "\n";
    $message .= 'Whole query: ' . $sql_insert;
    die($message);
    }

    $sql_read = ' SELECT * FROM test ';

    $result_sql_read = mysql_query($sql_read, $connection);

    // Use result
    // Attempting to print $result won't allow access to information in the resource
    // One of the mysql result functions must be used
    // See also mysql_result(), mysql_fetch_array(), mysql_fetch_row(), etc.
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result_sql_read)) {
    echo date('d-M-Y H:m:s', $row['date']) . '- ' . $row['text'] . '<br />';
    }

    // Free the resources associated with the result set
    // This is done automatically at the end of the script
    mysql_free_result($result_sql_read);
    ?>

    <?php ob_end_flush(); ?>

    -------------------------

    any help is apreciated
    Regards
    Mihai
     
  15. Kims

    Kims New Member

    Hi misuv,
    Instead of typing the php file into a path for direct execution, try to enter the URL to the php file instead, just like this:
    http://www.somedomain.com/crono/test_ok.php

    This will make a wget to the URL and execute the php file as you want it to.

    It seems to me that when you enter the direct path into the Web GUI (ISPconfig3) it will try to execute the file with the command SH infront and not the php command as you want it to.

    Try it and see if it helps :)
     
  16. misuv

    misuv Member

    Not viable solution

    Thanks Kims,

    But the servers is behind a router and can't access himself, it redirect me to ruoter page, so wget is not a solution.
     
  17. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Your problem is not even ispconfig specific. When you want to execute a php script, then you have to do this with the php interpreter.

    So instead of using this as command:

    /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php

    you use this as command:

    /usr/bin/php -q /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/crono/test_ok.php

    or call it by its URL by entering just:

    http://yordomain.tld/crono/test_ok.php

    ind the command field or use wget like Kims suggested.

    Btw: The more *angry" smileys you put in your posts and post headers, the more unlikely it is that you will get a answer ;)
     
  18. orasis

    orasis Member

    regarding your second error, does your script work without errors if you run it from the browser and have display_errors on ?
    I would also recommend not to close and reopen the php tags inside the script for no reason example things like:

    Code:
    [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]<?php ob_start(); ?>
    <?php
    
    defined("DB_SERVER") ? null : define("DB_SERVER", "******"); // DB [/COLOR]
    
    would better be:
    Code:
    [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]<?php
    ob_start();
    
    defined("DB_SERVER") ? null : define("DB_SERVER", "******"); // DB [/COLOR]
    
    also another recommendation is not to close the script with a php tag if you got no html or other language to continue. Example your end part:

    Code:
    // Free the resources associated with the result set
    // This is done automatically at the end of the script
    mysql_free_result($result_sql_read);
    ?>
    
    <?php ob_end_flush(); ?>
    
    would better be:
    Code:
    // Free the resources associated with the result set
    // This is done automatically at the end of the script
    mysql_free_result($result_sql_read);
    
    ob_end_flush();
    
    except characters economy, the most important reason for this is that unexpected characters after a closing tag such as even a space can cause issues with 'headers already sent' etc.

    cheers
     
    Last edited: Nov 4, 2013
  19. misuv

    misuv Member

    one step ahead

    Hi everyone

    thanks for the help so far

    Now is almost working

    I added the following first line into my file:

    #!/usr/bin/php -q

    And used

    web/crono/test_ok.php

    as path in crono job

    the cron job is executed :), but I receive the following error:

    Exception: Zend Extension /path-to-file.php does not exist

    any help?
     
  20. orasis

    orasis Member

    this when in relation to cron jobs is possibly a problem with line-endings such as "\n" characters generated by your code.

    Try to make the changes to your script file by removing all unneeded open/close php tags as I describe in my previous post
     

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