The following article explains how to create a cronjob through the Plesk Control Panel. A cronjob allows you to run a command at a specific time or at a specified interval. The interval can range from multiple times a day, daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Within Plesk, cronjobs are scheduled using the Crontab.

To create a cronjob, please follow these steps:

• Open a web browser and connect to your Plesk Control Panel located at https://ip address:8443.
• Login as the Administrator using the information sent to you in your setup email.
• Click Server from the System menu.
• Click Crontab under the Services section.
• Click Add New Task under the Tools section.
• Click Enable / Disable.
• Enter the appropriate information (Note: * indicates leaving the field empty):

  • Minute: 0 - 59 or *
  • Hour: 0 - 23 or *
  • Day of the Month: 1 - 31 or *
  • Month: 1 - 12 or *
  • Day of the Week: 0 - 6 (0 is Sunday) or *
  • Command: enter the command that is to be executed

• Click Ok.