Cron settings (issue with server)

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Hi guys,

I like Mautic. All is great but I have big issue with cron settings.

I do not know where to insert that command. My servers do not have cPanel.



I am used to run crons by url that is simple just insert set time and it runs. But Mautic has those mautic:campaigns:update where I can insert those parameters? Everywhere is just field for url and nothing else. If I run basic (ex. email.mydomain.com/app/console) it does nothing.



Can anybody help me with it?

I have tried to run it as file_get_contents, used external services like easycron.com but nothing trigger or update my mautic stats.

File structure of php file that I can run by cron url (ex. mydomain.com/update_mautic.php) or anything what can help me.



I am in touch with server provider, other programmers but nobody knows. Can you help me?

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Hi guys,
I like Mautic. All is great but I have big issue with cron settings.
I do not know where to insert that command. My servers do not have cPanel.

I am used to run crons by url that is simple just insert set time and it runs. But Mautic has those mautic:campaigns:update where I can insert those parameters? Everywhere is just field for url and nothing else. If I run basic (ex. email.mydomain.com/app/console) it does nothing.

Can anybody help me with it?
I have tried to run it as file_get_contents, used external services like easycron.com but nothing trigger or update my mautic stats.
File structure of php file that I can run by cron url (ex. mydomain.com/update_mautic.php) or anything what can help me.

I am in touch with server provider, other programmers but nobody knows. Can you help me?

3

For most cron jobs, you would use the full path to your Mautic install to run the cronjob. Something like this (which is a raw cronjob):

*/5 * * * * php /home/myuser/public_html/mautic/app/console mautic:leadlists:update -e prod

If you don’t know the full path to your web root, you may be able to use ~/public_html instead if you are using a Linux host.

If your server doesn’t support running PHP commands directly from cron, then you can try to create a several PHP scripts that are web accessible with something like the following:

<?php
require_once __DIR__.'/app/bootstrap.php.cache';
require_once __DIR__.'/app/AppKernel.php';

use SymfonyBundleFrameworkBundleConsoleApplication;
use SymfonyComponentConsoleInputArgvInput;
use SymfonyComponentConsoleOutputBufferedOutput;

try {
    $args   = array('console', 'mautic:leadlists:update', '--env=prod', '--no-debug');
    $input  = new ArgvInput($args);
    $output = new BufferedOutput();

    $kernel      = new AppKernel('prod', false);
    $application = new Application($kernel);
    $application->setAutoExit(false);
    $result = $application->run($input, $output);

    echo "<pre>n".$output->fetch().'</pre>';
} catch (Exception $exception) {
    echo $exception->getMessage();
}

Create one per command and change the specific command in $args = array('console', 'mautic:leadlists:update', '--env=prod', '--no-debug'); (replace ‘mautic:leadlists:update’ with the command needed). Note that using a web script may hit PHP time limits which may cause issues for large lists.

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Cool, thank you. It looks that it works.
This should definitely be somewhere in tutorial for people like me.