How to setup cron jobs in ubuntu + nginx?

You can do this to run command every midnight: <br> <br>crontab -e (This opens the crontab editor) <br> <br>0 0 * * * your_command_here >/dev/null 2>&1 <br> <br>This will run your specified command at 12 AM midnight according to local server time.

Kamal, I’m confusing now. my url is working fine via CLI. Eg: http://mydomain.com/cron/sendEmail. I tested in cmd. Now I want to run this url everyday midnight automatically. I successfully installed ubuntu and nginx only. Now what are the steps I have to do? Thanks in advance.

@farhan.sheron that solution is over engineered for a problem as simple as yours. Just add it in manually, you don’t need to code a cronjob manager in php.

Thanks kamal & Mika singh. I found an excellent article. <br>http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/managing-cron-jobs-with-php-2/

Create a crontab like this: <br>curl -v http://mydomain.com/controller/function.php >/dev/null 2>&1 <br> <br>That should do it. I am presuming you know how to create a crontab. If curl isn’t installed, install it by typing: apt-get install curl

http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/cli.html <br> <br>Set a cronjob that runs the following command: <br> <br>php -f /path/to/index.php controller function

Thanks Kamal. My script doesn’t support running from the CLI. I’m using codeigniter framework. I want to run like http://mydomain.com/controller/function. Is it possible? <br>Any idea pls…

Does your script support running from the CLI? (“php -f /path/to/your/script.php”)