Setting up Cron in BeAdmin panel

BeAdmin is a modern, flexible, and user-friendly control panel designed to streamline server and website administration. Whether you are hosting websites, managing databases, or configuring services, panel provides all the essential tools in a single, intuitive interface.

Creating a Cron task

Step 1. Go to the Cron section

To start automating your tasks, open the Cron section in the control panel's sidebar:

The Cron section in the control panel

Step 2. Prepare your script

Before scheduling a task, you need to prepare the script that will be executed:

Navigating to the script creation menu

This example script identifies and removes backups older than 14 days:

find /var/lib/beadmin/backup -type f -mtime +14 -print

Click the Create script button. In the pop-up window:

1. Filename — enter a name for your script.
2. Script content — paste your code into the corresponding field.
3. Hit the Create button.

Script creation parameters

Step 3. Configure the task schedule

Once your script is ready, it is time to automate its execution. Click the Create job button:

Accessing the schedule settings

Fill in the following parameters in the task creation form:

• Name — enter a brief description of the task.
• Script — select your previously created script from the dropdown menu.

Advanced options:

• Run on the last day of the month — a useful feature for tasks that must trigger at the end of the month regardless of whether it has 28, 30, or 31 days.
• Run as superuser — enable this option if the script requires elevated permissions to access system directories.

Run schedule:

• Enter the execution time in cron format, for example: 0 5 15 * *.

Toggle the switch to Activated and click the Create button:

Finalizing the task setup

Success! Your task has been created and will now appear in the general list:

The list of active tasks in the panel

Managing tasks

Manual execution

If you need to trigger a task immediately without waiting for the scheduled time, click the Play button next to the desired task:

Instant run button

Editing tasks

To modify the parameters of an existing task, click the`pencil icon:

Entering edit mode

Apply your changes and click the Update button:

Saving changes to the task

Deleting tasks

If a task is no longer needed, click the trash icon:

Removing a task

Confirm the action in the dialog box:

Deletion confirmation window

Managing scripts

Editing script content

To modify a script's code, click the pencil icon in the scripts subsection:

Editing an existing script

Updat the code and click the Save button:

Applying changes to the script

Deleting scripts

To remove an unused script, click the trash icon and confirm the action:

Removing a script from the system