Cronjob without Hoster Magento 1.9.2

[MuellersTeig]

Hello,

a short question:

My Hoster (goneo.de) doesn´t support cronjobs. So this means it isnt possible for me to get the cronjobs working the normal way right?

If so, is it possible to get cronjobs working in like call a specific url on my magentosystem? E.g. i get my raspberry pi or smth to call up every 5 Minute an Url on my Website, so the job gets done this way.

Thanks for your help,

Greetings

Herbert

[JLHC]

You can execute the cron.php file from your Magento root directory. 

Before you do that, you may need to disable the following lines in the default Magento .htaccess file:-

<Files cron.php>
    #Order allow,deny
    #Deny from all
</Files>

This isn't recommended though from a security point of view so you may want to restrict it's access to a specific IP. 

I do find it quite odd that your hosting provider isn't able to support Cron Job. Personally I will have doubts on whether they can run your Magento store properly if they do not provide access to one of the most basic requirement like Cron Jobs.