diff --git a/documentation/itop-tickets.htm b/documentation/itop-tickets.htm index ed4967d8d..9bfd506be 100644 --- a/documentation/itop-tickets.htm +++ b/documentation/itop-tickets.htm @@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ In order to ease the installation, all the background tasks have been grouped to

For more information about cron.php, check the iTop Wiki

Scheduling cron.php on Windows

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  1. Edit the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.params to set the credentials used for cronified tasks (requires administator privileges)
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  2. Edit the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.cmd, and set the relevant path for your installation of PHP. If you care about security, it is recommended to change also the path to the parameters file <itop root>/webservices/cron.params and move this file to a place where its content is not served by the web server.
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  3. Copy the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.distrib to <itop root>/webservices/cron.params (requires administator privileges)
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  4. If you care about security: move the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.params into a directory not in the scope of the web server (Apache), and make it be readable only by the account that will execute the cron
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  5. Edit the file cron.params to set the credentials used for cronified tasks
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  6. Edit the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.cmd, and set the relevant path for your installation of PHP.
  7. Schedule the execution of cron.cmd: 
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "iTop CRON" /sc minute /mo 1 /tr "\"<itop root>/webservices/cron.cmd\""
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    Scheduling cron.php on Linux/Unix

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    1. Edit the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.params to set the credentials used for cronified tasks (requires administator privileges)
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    2. Copy the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.distrib to <itop root>/webservices/cron.params (requires administator privileges)
    3. If you care about security: move the file <itop root>/webservices/cron.params into a directory not in the scope of the web server (Apache), and make it be readable only by the account that will execute the cron
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    4. Edit the file cron.params to set the credentials used for cronified tasks
    5. Edit the crontab and add the following line: 
      * * * * * /usr/bin/php <itop root>/webservices/cron.php --param_file=<itop root>/webservices/cron.params