Cron jobs problem and general question

[bigbob2]

When I go to admin > system >marketplace I get the error:

Cron is not configured properly. Marketplace won't work without cron.

I would like to ask help to resolve this issue, but I also have a question in general.  A coder who was working on our site told me that "cron job for reindexing, it's not so critical, we can do it manually. Setting reindexing from cron jobs sometimes may take high cpu usage or it may increase db size automatically day by day".  I don't really understand what cron jobs is, so I don't know if this is good advice.

Thanks

[Bhanu Periwal]

Hi @bigbob2 

Best way to setup cron job is command line as mentioned below.

1. Type

crontab -e 

2. Add the following lines to your crontab file:

*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/bin/magento cron:run
*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/update/cron.php
*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/bin/magento setup:cron:run

example:

*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/bin/magento cron:run
*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/update/cron.php
*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/bin/magento setup:cron:run

Save and close the crontab file.

If you face any memory exhaust issue. Add -dmemory_limit=6G with command as mentioned below:

*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini -dmemory_limit=6G /var/www/m2/bin/magento  indexer:reindex

If issue resolve, please click on 'Kudos' & Accept as Solution!

[bigbob2]

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@Bhanu Periwal wrote:

Hi @bigbob2 

Best way to setup cron job is command line as mentioned below.

1. Type

crontab -e 

2. Add the following lines to your crontab file:

*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/bin/magento cron:run
*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/update/cron.php
*/1 * * * * php -c {php.ini_path} {magento_path}/bin/magento setup:cron:run

example:

*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/bin/magento cron:run
*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/update/cron.php
*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini /var/www/m2/bin/magento setup:cron:run

Save and close the crontab file.

If you face any memory exhaust issue. Add -dmemory_limit=6G with command as mentioned below:

*/1 * * * * php -c /etc/php7.2/apache2/php.ini -dmemory_limit=6G /var/www/m2/bin/magento  indexer:reindex

If issue resolve, please click on 'Kudos' & Accept as Solution!

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I entered the first command you gave and it seemed to work, but it does not leave me with the Terminal cursor to enter the second command.  Sorry, I don't understand Cron Jobs, so I might be missing something obvious:

@Reboot /usr/local/cpanel/bin/onboot_handler
41 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/docroot/cgi/cpaddons_report.pl --notify
42 5 * * * (/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/fix-cpanel-perl; /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron > /dev/null)
0 1 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup
0 2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup
35 * * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check && /usr/local/cpanel/bin/tail-check
0 6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/exim_tidydb > /dev/null 2>&1
30 5 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/optimize_eximstats > /dev/null 2>&1
5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/eximstats_spam_check 2>&1
45 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_mailman_cache
30 */4 * * * /usr/bin/test -x /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache && /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update_db_cache
25 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/mysqluserstore >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dbindex >/dev/null 2>&1
15 */6 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/autorepair recoverymgmt >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/dcpumon-wrapper >/dev/null 2>&1
0 */2 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/shrink_modsec_ip_database -x 2>&1
8,23,38,53 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/whostmgr/bin/dnsqueue > /dev/null 2>&1
22 22 * * 7 /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/send_api_notifications > /dev/null 2>&1
09,39 * * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/clean_user_php_sessions > /dev/null 2>&1
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"/tmp/crontab.vP3YYP" 19L, 1444C

[Sunil Patel]

Hello @bigbob2 

Magento did nice documation on this

https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-cron.html

hope you how to work vi commands on Linux

thanks