Symphony Cron

• Version: 1.0.1
• Author: Alistair Kearney ([email protected])
• Release Date: 28th July 2015
• Requirements: Symphony 2.6.x, Shell Extension 1.0.2 (https://github.com/pointybeard/shell)

A system for automating tasks via the Symphony shell extension and cron.

Installation and Setup

1. Ensure that the Symphony Shell extension has been installed first.

2. Upload the 'cron' folder to your Symphony 'extensions' folder.

3. Create a folder called 'cron' inside /manifest. Ensure that it is writable by PHP

4. Enable it by selecting "Cron", choose Enable from the with-selected menu, then click Apply.

5. (Optional) Create a crontab entry (crontab -e) that executes the command "symphony -t XXX -e cron -c runTasks"

Usage

Use the 'Cron' interface in the Admin, found under the 'System' menu to create and edit tasks. Newly created tasks are stored in /manifest/cron, making them suitable for version control.

Anytime the runTasks command is executed via the command line, all pending tasks (those due for execution) will be run. This process can be automated with an entry in your server's crontab.

It is also possible to create tasks manually.

Creating a task manually

1. Create a file with a unique name and extenion of .task (e.g. ???.task) and place it in /manifest/cron

2. The contents must be XML and is formatted as follows:

xml <task> <command>ls -lah</command> <name>I am a nice name</name> <description>I am an optional description</description> <interval type="minute|hour|day|week">45</interval> <start>2009-08-21 07:45am</start> <finish>2009-09-13 1215</finish> </task> 3. Browse to System > Cron in the Symphony Administration

1. Enable the newly created Cron task