How often to run a cron job?

[Birgit Schultz]

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."

[Randy Calvert]

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.  🙂 

[Daniel F]

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?

[Randy Calvert]

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, 2021 by Randy Calvert

[Square Wheels]

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?

[Randy Calvert]

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!  🙂 

[Marc]

These should be running once a minute