{"id":56,"date":"2026-07-25T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swivelpos.com\/en\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:37:54","slug":"cron-job-for-swivel-shop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swivelpos.com\/en\/cron-job-for-swivel-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Cron Job for Swivel Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Cron?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Cron job (Cron as in \u201cChronos\u201d, God of time) can perform a certain task in a certain interval.<br>Cron is a Unix\/Linux program, the Windows equivalent for a Cron Job is called Windows Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the Cron Job do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend to run a Cron job every day to keep Archimedes running smooth, for example 5AM every night.<br>The cron job performs a couple of tasks, like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>deleting old log files<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>refresh caches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>removing expired users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sending invoices for subscriptions each month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a Cron Job on Windows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create the Cron job:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a task in Task Scheduler (<a href=\"https:\/\/phoenixnap.com\/kb\/cron-job-windows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guide for Task Scheduler<\/a>).<br>This task is the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>curl &#91;url]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the url by logging in to the Archimedes admin panel:<br>Go to \u201csettings\u201d (menu), \u201cmaintenance\u201d (tab), \u201cCron job\u201d (heading)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example:<br>curl http:\/\/localhost\/archimedes\/admin-2389dj3\/cronjob.php?id=zcsamjH3tyss2uj2jh2jkhqwhjkedh2j2mmctg2gppC7N<br>(the exact url is different in every situation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a Cron Job on Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the terminal use the following command<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>crontab -e<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">then enter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>0 5 * * * wget &#91;url]<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This executes the cron job at 5:00 AM every night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the url by logging in to the Archimedes admin panel:<br>Go to \u201csettings\u201d (menu), \u201cmaintenance\u201d (tab), \u201cCron job\u201d (heading)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example:<br>0 5 * * * wget http:\/\/localhost\/archimedes\/admin-2389dj3\/cronjob.php?id=zcsamjH3tyss2uj2jh2jkhqwhjkedh2j2mmctg2gppC7N<br>(the exact url is different in every situation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Cron job fails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When running a Archimides Cron job, it blocks other Cron jobs from running for security and persistence reasons.<br>It can happen that a Cron job fails for unexpected reasons, this will prevent other Cron jobs from running in the future.<br>To unblock the Cron Job:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open your config file located on the webserver, called \u201capplication_[xxx]\u201d (on Windows XAMPP this is probably: c:\\xampp\\archimedes\\config\\)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set the variable: APP_CRONJOB_ISEXECUTING to false<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save the config file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Cron? 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