diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst index a8d24e012..78e6daf76 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ shell-based scripts that are scheduled to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals. ``cron.php`` is an Nextcloud internal process that runs such background jobs on demand. -Nextcloud plug-in applications register actions with ``cron.php`` automatically +Nextcloud apps register actions with ``cron.php`` automatically to take care of typical housekeeping operations, such as garbage collecting of temporary files or checking for newly updated files using ``filescan()`` for externally mounted file systems. @@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ Using the operating system cron feature is the preferred method for executing regular tasks. This method enables the execution of scheduled jobs without the inherent limitations the Web server might have. -To run a cron job on a \*nix system, every 15 minutes, under the default Web +To run a cron job on a \*nix system, every 5 minutes, under the default Web server user (often, ``www-data`` or ``wwwrun``), you must set up the following cron job to call the **cron.php** script:: # crontab -u www-data -e - */15 * * * * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php + */5 * * * * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php You can verify if the cron job has been added and scheduled by executing:: # crontab -u www-data -l - */15 * * * * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php + */5 * * * * php -f /var/www/nextcloud/cron.php .. note:: You have to replace the path ``/var/www/nextcloud/cron.php`` with the path to your current Nextcloud installation. @@ -109,21 +109,21 @@ Replace the user ``www-data`` with the user of your http server and ``/var/www/n **nextcloudcron.timer** should look like this:: [Unit] - Description=Run Nextcloud cron.php every 15 minutes + Description=Run Nextcloud cron.php every 5 minutes [Timer] OnBootSec=5min - OnUnitActiveSec=15min + OnUnitActiveSec=5min Unit=nextcloudcron.service [Install] WantedBy=timers.target -The important parts in the timer-unit are ``OnBootSec`` and ``OnUnitActiveSec``.``OnBootSec`` will start the timer 5 minutes after boot, otherwise you would have to start it manually after every boot. ``OnUnitActiveSec`` will set a 15 minute timer after the service-unit was last activated. +The important parts in the timer-unit are ``OnBootSec`` and ``OnUnitActiveSec``.``OnBootSec`` will start the timer 5 minutes after boot, otherwise you would have to start it manually after every boot. ``OnUnitActiveSec`` will set a 5 minute timer after the service-unit was last activated. Now all that is left is to start and enable the timer by running these commands:: systemctl start nextcloudcron.timer systemctl enable nextcloudcron.timer -.. note:: Select the option ``Cron`` in the admin menu for background jobs. if left on ``AJAX`` it would execute the AJAX job on every page load. +.. note:: Selecting the option ``Cron`` in the admin menu for background jobs is not mandatory, because once `cron.php` is executed from the command line or cron service it will set it automatically to ``Cron``.g