This article will help you to understand how to create or remove your Magento Crontab.
Create Cron using CLI
Starting with version 2.2, Magento creates a crontab for us. Run cron as the Magento file system owner.
- Log in as, or switch to, the Magento file system owner in the terminal.
- Change to your Magento installation directory:
cd <your Magento install dir>/
- Enter the following command:
php bin/magento cron:install [--force]
Here, use --force to rewrite and Magento crontab.
The Magento crontab is inside #~ MAGENTO START and #~ MAGENTO END comments in your crontab.
magento cron:install
does not rewrite an existing crontab inside #~ MAGENTO START and #~ MAGENTO END comments in your crontab.magento cron:install --force
has no effect on any cron jobs outside the Magento comments.
To view the crontab, enter the following command as the Magento file system owner in terminal:
crontab -l
Example:
#~ MAGENTO START
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/magento2/bin/magento cron:run 2>&1 | grep -v Ran jobs by schedule >> /var/www/html/magento2/var/log/magento.cron.log
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/magento2/update/cron.php >> /var/www/html/magento2/var/log/update.cron.log
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/magento2/bin/magento setup:cron:run >> /var/www/html/magento2/var/log/setup.cron.log
#~ MAGENTO END
Remove Cron using CLI
To remove the Magento crontab:
- Log in as, or switch to, the Magento file system owner in the terminal.
- Change to your Magento installation directory:
cd <your Magento install dir>/
- Enter the following command:
php bin/magento cron:remove
This command has no effect on cron jobs outside the #~ MAGENTO START and #~ MAGENTO END comments in your crontab.
Run Cron from CLI
Command options:
php bin/magento cron:run [–group=""]
where --group
specifies the cron group to run.
Example :
php bin/magento cron:run --group index
php bin/magento cron:run --group default
Hope it helps you! :)