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What are and how to use Cron Jobs?

Photo by Pexels from pixabay.com Want to make sure your daily backups are running? Take a look at PushMon, the easiest way to monitor your cron and scheduled tasks. What are Cron Jobs? Cron job is a scheduling tool that allows you to control tasks to be performed at preconfigured times. Through it you can configure automatic tasks, that is, … Read More

4 Steps to Monitor Your Cron Jobs Using PushMon

The Linux operating system provides a powerful feature for scheduling certain programs to run on a predefined frequency – this feature is popularly known as “Cron”. Developers create a “Shell Script” for running a Cron job. Cron jobs are used for several things and are a frequently used feature of the Linux operating system. It is imperative to keep a … Read More

Make sure your whole system is running smoothly.

Processes that run regularly in the background are often unmonitored or send emails regardless of success or failure. This makes it hard for you to notice when things go wrong. Make sure your servers are up, even if they are not accessible from the internet. Make sure your cron jobs or scheduled tasks run on time. Make sure your backup scripts are running as expected. Make sure your hourly scripts are running continuously. Get notified when they don't.

Making sure that the different parts of your system is running fine is easy to do. Just create a PushMon URL and call that URL on the schedule you specify. If we don't hear from you, you will hear from us. We have sample code to get you started quickly.