Magento – Magento cron jobs not getting scheduled

cronmagento-1.8

I just truncated the cron_schedule table.After that jobs are not getting scheduled.The table is always empty.Any ideas ?

Thank you

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You did do the obvious check that cron is enabled in the host?

example logged in via ssh as the webuser you can do:

crontab -l

which will list the crons for the web user

*/5 * * * * /home/website/public_html/cron.sh

Did you check the server error logs (cron logs in /var/log) for any errors?

cat /var/log/cron

Have you tried running through all this setup, and make sure it is all setup correctly? http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/1_-_installation_and_configuration/how_to_setup_a_cron_job

in some instances/servers calling the cron.php / cron.sh from crontab does not work due to permission errors. You can then use wget/curl to call the cron.php file via the web url as such:

*/5 * * * * curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.yoursite.com/absolute/path/to/magento/cron.php

If your crontab is configured, try that approach, maybe it will work for you.

also install the great module called Aoe_scheduler - it is a better way to manage your crons in Magento

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Magento – Magento cron jobs are not scheduling in the cron_schedule table

First of all, make sure the cron is set on your server. Try the following command using SSH

#crontab -l

There should be your magento_root/cron.php file.

If not, then you need to edit the crontab. Use the following commands

#crontab -e       
(this will open crontab in your default editor)

*/5 * * * * wget -O  /dev/null -q path_to_magento_root/cron.php > /dev/null
(add this statement and save and close the file. 
This will check your magento cron.php after every five minutes)

Now, magento cron is set on your server.

I'd also recommend you this extension AOE_SCHEDULLER. This will help you monitoring all magento crons.

Magento – Cron jobs are not executing

It sounds like you have two issues.

Cron jobs are no longer scheduled in the cron_schedule table; and
Cron jobs are no longer executing.

For #1, you should check whether someone changed the server configuration that called cron.sh. You want to ensure that some crontab on your system lists a command like this.

*/5 * * * * sh /path/to/your/magento/site/root/cron.sh

You can commonly find cron jobs by running commands like this. Note that you'll need sudo permissions.

echo Display system-wide crontab
sudo cat /etc/crontab

echo Display crontabs for all users on system
for user in $(cut -f1 -d: /etc/passwd); do echo $user; sudo crontab -u $user -l; done

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