I am new to Ipboard and have managed to install it and do the first steps. However, I do not know how to configure the cron job for my forum. 

This are the options my provider offers (sorry, it's German, hopefully you don't need it). 

Thank you very much!

 

The "Similar Content" just led me to the solution (I had used the search but over 2000 results were a bit too much to scan ...). 

This is what I found: "Ideally, 1 minute is the recommended time to run it."

I had a couple of issues personally running them every minute.  So instead I run mine every 3.  Either way.. as long as it runs on a regular basis, you should be fine.  🙂 

32 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said:

I had a couple of issues personally running them every minute.  So instead I run mine every 3.  Either way.. as long as it runs on a regular basis, you should be fine.  🙂 

Were you running the cron or webcron option?

Regular cron...  I had an issue where CPU usage would spike.  Increasing the time between cron runs fixed the problem for me.  

Edited November 22, 20213 yr by Randy Calvert

I am using easycron.  It seems to run most of the time, you get an email when it fails.  Is there a downside to doing this?

3 hours ago, Square Wheels said:

I am using easycron.  It seems to run most of the time, you get an email when it fails.  Is there a downside to doing this?

It technically takes a bit more resources to do as it’s a web call (meaning handled by Apache and any security tools you might use (WAF, mod_security, etc). 

It also means if the 3rd party has problems, your cron does not run while it’s down. 

At the end of the day… not a huge downside especially for smaller sites. If it’s working, roll with it!  🙂 

These should be running once a minute