Cron Job Setup Correction

[IniBudi]

I am installing Sendy self hosted newsletter on my server. But I don't know is it correct or not my Cron job setup.

# +------------------------ minute (0 - 59)
# |    +------------------- hour (0 - 23)
# |    |    +-------------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |    |    |    +--------- month (1 - 12)
# |    |    |    |    +---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7)
# |    |    |    |    |
# *    *    *    *    * command to be executed

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job" && php /app/data/public/scheduled.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job" && php /app/data/public/autoresponders.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job" && php /app/data/public/import-csv.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job" && php /app/data/public/update-segments.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Could you check it, please? Thank you.

[msbt]

Maybe you need to use the full path to the php version/executable that you're using, e.g. /usr/bin/php8.1 /app/data/public/scheduled.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

[nebulon]

You should see the "=> Doing job" which you echo in your script in the app logs at the expected times if things are correct.

[IniBudi]

@msbt I already added the PHP version on my corn job.

# +------------------------ minute (0 - 59)
# |    +------------------- hour (0 - 23)
# |    |    +-------------- day of month (1 - 31)
# |    |    |    +--------- month (1 - 12)
# |    |    |    |    +---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7)
# |    |    |    |    |
# *    *    *    *    * command to be executed

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job at $(date)" && /usr/bin/php8.3 /app/data/public/scheduled.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job at $(date)" && /usr/bin/php8.3 /app/data/public/autoresponders.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1


*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job at $(date)" && /usr/bin/php8.3 /app/data/public/import-csv.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1


*    *    *    *    * echo "=> Doing job job at $(date)" && sudo -u www-data /usr/bin/php8.3 /app/data/public/update-segments.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

However, I don't see the "=> Doing job" on my app log. I just saw the external cronjob @nebulon.

Jan 29 21:32:04 141.101.95.92 - - [29/Jan/2025:14:32:04 +0000] "GET /update-segments.php HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; cron-job.org; http://cron-job.org/abuse/)"
Jan 29 21:32:04 172.71.126.236 - - [29/Jan/2025:14:32:04 +0000] "GET /autoresponders.php HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; cron-job.org; http://cron-job.org/abuse/)"
Jan 29 21:32:06 172.69.222.223 - - [29/Jan/2025:14:32:06 +0000] "GET /import-csv.php HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; cron-job.org; http://cron-job.org/abuse/)"

Is there something that I missed to configure?

[joseph]

The pattern itself is correct. I can copy/paste a single line into a random app and I can see the output logs. Can you do systemctl restart box ? Maybe the cron scheduler is stuck for some reason.

[IniBudi]

@joseph Thank you, it works now! cc: @nebulon