Plesk for Linux
kb: technical
Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
Symptoms
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On a Plesk for Linux server, scheduled tasks do not start automatically, including scheduled backup, statistics tasks or SSL certificate renewal.
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If a scheduled task is started manually from Plesk, it works correctly.
Cause
cron service is stopped on the server:
# systemctl status cron.service | grep "Active:"
Active: inactive (dead) since Thu 2019-10-17 13:17:27 +07; 1s ago
RnD is interested in finding why cron isn't running on servers like this. Have a look during the investigation. If found something interesting ask TL to pass it to SEgorov
Resolution
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Connect to the server using SSH.
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Enable and start cron:
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On CentOS/RHEL/CloudLinux:
# systemctl enable crond
# systemctl start crond -
On Debian and Ubuntu:
# systemctl enable cron
# systemctl start cron
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Comments
3 comments
The status check command is incorrect. It should be:
systemctl status crond.service | grep "Active:"
@Sebastian
On Ubuntu/Debian it is "cron", while on RHEL it is "crond", so the "systemctl" command is for Ubuntu/Debian, and the "service" one is for RHEL.
Cron was already running
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