Magento – Cron.php/Cron.sh Not being called/Manual only – Permission problem

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Yes I know another Cron problem with version 1.9, but I honestly have looked through so many posts here and on Mage Forums and I have gotten nowhere.

So I have gone into my Cpanel (Magento 1.9.2.2) and have tried several different cron job calls. like

/usr/bin/php -f /home/exmaple/public_html/cron.php

php -f /home/example/public_html/cron.php

/bin/sh /home/example/public_html/cron.sh

I also have the AOE plugin installed. I have generated a schedule in the plugin and also went in my phpmyadmin and the cron table has a list of jobs that are "pending". It one of the SE posts it mentioned adding "$isShellDisabled = true;" to the cron.php file. I also tried that.

For the longest time it said no heart beat until I disables the htaccess file in the root directory where my magento store is installed. From there I can type in the url/cron.php and it will show a blank page and I begin to receive emails and when i refresh AOE it shows the cron jobs processed. The cron.php and sh files are set to 644. If I disable htaccess and manually access the php file…it works and that is as close as I have gotten to getting the system to function. When I bring back the htaccess file i get the 404 default magento screen and nothing gets processed. I'm not sure how to fix this?

Best Answer

A .htaccess file will only affect through the web browser. Please type sudo crontab-e in terminal and show us your crontab configuration.

Please also type chmod +x cron.sh in the directory of where the cron sh file is located

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Magento – Cronjobs Magento 1.9.2.2 – Is it possible to have Cron.sh call Cron.php by /usr/php/54/usr/bin/php

Just edit your cron.sh file

Find:

PHP_BIN=`which php`

And replace with:

PHP_BIN='/usr/php/56/bin/php'

(I'm using php 5.6)

I have tested and it worked for me. I'm using hostmonster.com service, default is PHP 5.2 and I have switched to PHP 5.6 in CPANEL.

The path to your PHP 5.6 executable might be different on another hoster, ask their support if you don't find it.

Magento 1.9 – Cron Not Running

Magento cron jobs will occasionally freeze. You may notice the cron job has failed to run at its designated time or times, or you may receive notification of a cron job failing to run when you log in as an administrator.

Resolving the problem

Log in to your account using SSH.
Run the following command to locate hanging cron jobs:

ps aufx | grep cron

The output should resemble output shown below:

root 12080 0.0 0.0 117328 460 ? Ss Mar25 5:23 crond
username 26529 0.0 0.0 103244 848 pts/0 S+ 22:33 0:00 \_ grep cron
username 6876 5.0 0.3 646760 88476 ? S 15:42 20:50 /usr/bin/php /chroot/home/username/domainname.com/html/cron.php -mdefault

The first line shows the cron service running on the server.

The second line shows the command that you just ran. It matches itself when looking for the word "cron" in the running services.

Most importantly, the third line shows your Magento cron job. The cron job usually runs quickly, so if it shows up here, it is likely hanging.

You can confirm a hanging cron job by checking the second column from the right. The 15:42 20:50 shows the duration of the cron job; if this duration takes longer than an hour, then it is hanging.

To stop the cron from running, kill the command by referencing the PID. Returning to the command output, the second column from the left is the PID 6876.
Run the following command to terminate the command:

kill -9 6876

You may now run the ps aufx | grep cron command to confirm the Magento cron job is no longer running. Your Magento cron job will now continue as scheduled.

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