Custom Cron Jobs

How to add / configure custom cron jobs for your MDOQ production instance.

To add a custom cronjob:

1. Select your production instance
2. Select "Settings" and navigate to "Cron"
   
3. Click the "+"
4. Select the user you wish to run the command as. We strongly recommend using the magento user, but the option is there should you need to use the root user.
5. Enter a valid crontab expression.
6. Enter the command you wish to run, for example

   cd /home/magento/htdocs; php bin/magento my:custom:command

   Or if you which to record the output

   cd /home/magento/htdocs; php bin/magento cron:run >> var/log/cron.log 2>&1

7. Click "Save"
8. Then select "Sync"
9. Select "Show More"
10. Check the "Cron" component
11. Click "Proceed"

Once the synchronization completes, your new cron job will be in place.

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