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Scheduled tasks (known as cron jobs) can be created and managed via the Cito dashboard, or via SSH.

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Via the dashboard

Cron Jobs can be found via the Site settings page, by clicking the right hand menu icon next to a site card, then Settings. From here you’ll be able to view a list of existing cron jobs, and edit or delete them. Cron List To add a new cron, click Add Cron Job. You should fill in the form with a name and the command you wish to run. New Cron Command

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Example commands

If you have a PHP file mycron.php in /home/example, you can call it using the following command: 
/usr/bin/php /home/example/mycron.php
You can specify the cron expression using our AI generator, or by filling it out manually. The AI generator takes a natural language expression and converts it into cron syntax automatically. Cron AI In the example above we’ve converted “every sunday at 4am” to the cron expression 0 4 * * 0. Once you have set the cron schedule, you can click Create Cron Job.

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Via SSH

You can edit and manage cron jobs via the command line with the crontab command.

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Listing existing crons

crontab -l
crontab -l -u <username>

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Editing the crontab file

crontab -e -u <username>
Crons should always be run as the relevant user. Do not run crons as admin or root.