PersonalAccounter/cron-example.md

Accounting Panel - Consolidated Cron Job Configuration

Add this single line to your crontab to automate all scheduled tasks

To edit crontab: crontab -e

To view current crontab: crontab -l

NEW CONSOLIDATED CRON (runs every minute with internal scheduling)

• • • • • cd /path/to/your/accounting-panel && php control schedule cron >> logs/cron.log 2>&1

The consolidated cron automatically handles:

- Process due payments (daily at 2:00 AM)

- Handle expired subscriptions (daily at 3:00 AM)

- Generate schedule statistics (daily at 8:00 AM)

- Health checks (hourly)

- Log cleanup (weekly on Sunday at 4:00 AM)

- Session cleanup (every 6 hours)

LEGACY CRON COMMANDS (deprecated - use consolidated cron above instead)

0 2 * * * cd /path/to/your/accounting-panel && php control schedule run >> logs/cron.log 2>&1

0 3 * * * cd /path/to/your/accounting-panel && php control schedule expired >> logs/cron.log 2>&1

0 8 * * * cd /path/to/your/accounting-panel && php control schedule stats >> logs/cron.log 2>&1

NOTE: The retry failed transactions cron has been removed as it's not connected to external services

Notes:

- Replace "/path/to/your/accounting-panel" with the actual path to your project

- Make sure the logs directory exists and is writable

- Test the commands manually first: php control schedule run

- Monitor the logs/cron.log file for any errors

- Adjust timing based on your business needs

Cron format explanation:

* * * * * command

│ │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ └─── Day of week (0-7, Sunday = 0 or 7)

│ │ │ └───── Month (1-12)

│ │ └─────── Day of month (1-31)

│ └───────── Hour (0-23)

└─────────── Minute (0-59)

Edit your crontab

crontab -e

Add the consolidated cron job (adjust path as needed)

• • • • • cd /path/to/your/project && php control schedule cron >> logs/cron.log 2>&1