Location: Plugins/Configure cPanel Cron Times
The "Configure cPanel Cron Times" feature allows you to control when /scripts/upcp and /scripts/cpbackup are run. If you do not choose when you would like these scripts to be run, they will be at the default ties as stated on the page. To learn more about crons, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crontab.
Script
Definitions
upcp -
The script that updates cPanel and other parts of your system. We recommend
running this script once a day, it has, by default, been set to a random
time between 9pm and 6am local time. You may set this script to run at
the time of your choice. However we recommend setting it to run during
off peak hours.
cpbackup - The script used to run backups on your server. It is set by default to run at 1am as this is an off peak time for most servers. We recommend setting this to an off peak time early enough to allow your server to finish backups before entering peak time again. If you have backups disabled, the script will immediately exit after execution.
What are cronjobs? Cron jobs are jobs that are set to run at a certain time based on the minute, hour, day, month, and weekday given to them. The Hour is always set in military time and based on the time that your server is set to. Day of the month you want something ran on (15 would be the 15th day of the month). Month is the month you want the cronjob to run in 1=January and 12=December. Weekday is the day of the week you want it to run on 0=Sunday and 6=Saturday. * means to run it at every instance of this section, so a * in day would mean to run the job everyday, while a * in Minute would run the job every minute. See the example below:
Example: Minute = 15; Hour = 21; Day = *; Month = *; Weekday = *. This process would run everyday at 2115, or in 12hr format 9:15pm
Setting Your Cronjobs
1. When the page loads, you will see the "Main Menu" section consisting of the following columns:
Command - This column entry states either the "upcp" or "cpbackup" command.
Minute - The minute you want the associated script to run.
Hour - The hour you want the associated script to run.
Day - The day you want the associated script to run.
Month - The month you want the associated script to run.
Weekday - The weekday you want the associated script to run.
Commit - Once you have made your changes, press the "Commit" button associated with the script you want tor un.
2. Once you have made your changes and clicked on the "Commit" button, the output displayed will be similar to the following:
Cron Changed
The cron job for upcp has been changed to run at:
Hour: 2
Minute: 16
Every day of every month.