How to set up a task to be executed every X minutes on a Plesk server?

Dmitry Bystrov

10 months ago

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How to set up a task to be executed:

on a Plesk server?

The cron format for setting time of the task execution can be used.

Log in to Plesk.
Go to Tools & Settings > Scheduled Tasks, press the Add Task button to create a new task or click the already existing task.
Select the Cron style in the drop-down menu opposite the Run directive:
Specify the required time in the cron format:

Note: using the "/" character is not allowed in Windows.

Instead of this, it's required to place a comma-separated list for each execution time.

If you try to use the "/" character, the next error will appear:

"Invalid crontab syntax"
Linux
- every minute:
  
  * * * * *
- every 2 minutes:
  
  */2 * * * *
- every 5 minutes:
  
  */5 * * * *
- every 30 minutes:
  
  */30 * * * *
Windows
- every minute:
  
  * * * * *
- every 2 minutes:
  
  0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58 * * * *
- every 5 minutes:
  
  0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * *
- every 30 minutes:
  
  0,30 * * * *

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