Scheduled tasks (cron)

ClientFence needs its cron to run every five minutes. It creates invoices, sends reminders and emails, suspends overdue services, makes backups and runs the health checks.

1. In your hosting panel, add this cron job (use your own path):

   */5 * * * * php /path/to/clientfence/cron.php

2. Go to System → Settings → Scheduled Tasks and check Last Scheduled Execution. It should be a few minutes ago.

Scheduled Tasks shows the exact cron line for your server and the last run.

Tip

If the last run is old, the cron is not running. Check the path and that the PHP command is the same version your site uses.

Command line

To run the same scheduled jobs once, open the ClientFence directory in a shell as the site user and run the command below.

php console.php cron:run

Check Last Scheduled Execution again. Keep the recurring job on its five-minute schedule.