Frequently Asked Questions
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- What are basic features? How to enable / disable?
- What is Notification feature? How to enable?
- Can I set cron job with https?
- Can I set cron job with other port, not 80?
- Can I include username and password in my URL? (Basic HTTP Authentication?
- How to group cron jobs?
- What is WEBCRON / CRONTAB link?
- What is Basic HTML / Standard link?
Others: There's nothing here at the moment.
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This FAQ is lasted edited on Mar 07, 2010.
About SetCronJob
What is SetCronJob?
SetCronJob is a job scheduler service. It is exactly like crontab in Unix / Linux except that it can call a URL instead of executing a command.
How does SetCronJob work?
You give it a URL and a time pattern. Every minute, SetCronJob bot is launched by Linux crond, then call your URL and your script will execute.
Account
Does free account expire?
Free account will never expire.
What happen when premium account expire?
It will become free account, and your cron jobs will expire after next month.
How to delete SetCronJob account?
You are able to delete account at My Account page.
Can I resell your service inside my account?
At the moment, you are not allowed to resell my service in any kind. See the Term Of Service.
Cron jobs
How to choose the correct time pattern?
You are recommended to use the second creating row, which let you select an interval.
To choose the correct time pattern, simply remember that all fields are AND-ed together, and "All" means "Every", "Every x" means "at time that the field divisible by x", and "X" means "at x minute/hour/day, etc".
How to edit cron jobs with crontab syntax?
Click on CRONTAB link at the bottom of the Control Panel.
How to renew cron jobs?
When your cron jobs are going to expire, edit and save them. SetCronJob will re-caculated the expiry date based on the current time, and it means your cron jobs will be renewed.
What happen when cron jobs expire?
It will be marked as "Expired", and no longer be executed.
Which timezone will my cron execute in?
It's UTC / GMT.
How to check what time it is?
Look at the bottom line of Control Panel.
Features
What are basic features? How to enable / disable?
It's supporting HTTPS, custom port (default is 80), Basic HTTP Authentication. It's enabled by default.
What is Notification feature? How to enable?
When enabled, you can receive notification message when your cron jobs is executed / failed.
To enable, choose "Failure" (notification on failure) or "Always" (notification on execution) under Notify field.
To disable, choose "Never" under Notify field.
Can I set cron job with https?
Yes, your URL can start with https://.
Can I set cron job with other port, not 80?
Yes, SetCronJob supports all custom port, e.g 80, 8080, 10000, etc.
Can I include username and password in my URL? (Basic HTTP Authentication)
Yes, this feature is enabled by default.
How to group cron jobs?
To create a new group, click on Add a group, enter group name and press enter.
To create new cron jobs under a group, click on Create new cron jobs, choose group name in list Group of new cron job, then click Save.
To move existing cron jobs to a group, click on Edit icon, choose group name in list Group of this cron job, then click Save.
To ungroup a cron job, click on Edit icon, choose None in Group of this cron job, then click Save.
To rename a group, click on Edit icon of the group name, enter new group name and press enter.
To delete a group, click on Delete icon. This will delete the group only, and will NOT delete cron jobs under that group.
What is WEBCRON / CRONTAB link?
WEBCRON means SetCronJob will display time pattern as native language: Every x, All, 5, Mon, etc.
CRONTAB means SetCronJob will display time pattern as crontab: */x, *, 5, mon, etc.
What is Basic HTML / Standard link?
With Standard version, SetCronJob use JavaScript to save size and optimize speed.
Basic HTML version will be used when your browser disables / not supports JavaScript.
Premium account
Which premium account should I upgrade?
It depends on your need and budget. I personally recommend you to choose Silver account.
Can I change account type?
You can change your account type only when you pay for new Premium Account.
The remaining time will be converted based on prices rate.
For example, your Bronze account will expire after 4 months, if you pay for Silver account, your Silver account will expire after 1 year and 2 months.
If you pay for Gold account, your Gold account will expire after 1 year and 1 month.
How to renew premium account?
Just do as upgrading your account. The remaining time (amount) will be reserved.
Payment
Which type of payment do you accept?
Online: SetCronJob accepts PayPal, Credit / Debit Card (processed by PayPal).
Offline: I accept Western Union only.
Can I make payment through Western Union or bank transfer?
You can make payment through Western Union. Contact me for receiver's detail.
How to get a full or partial refund?
Just let me know. You may get full refund within 3 days after payment.
What to do when pay to upgrade wrong username?
The fastest way is contact me :D
Cron jobs processor
How many servers do you have?
At the moment, SetCronJob has these servers:
| ID | Primary IP | Description |
|---|---|---|
| www.setcronjob.com | 207.7.92.114 | Web and database server, crontab, cron processor, mailer. |
| up.setcronjob.com | 188.40.68.118 | Secondary cron processor (used to process cron when main server is down). |
What's your cron bot identity?
It has its own user agent: SetCronJob/1.0 (+http://www.setcronjob.com/).
I wanna (dis)allow SetCronJob bot to access my script?
You can use the identity stated above to do your jobs. If you don't know how to do, contact me.
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