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Archive => 19.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: Steven on February 11, 2019, 11:04:36 pm

Title: Cron Command Explanations?
Post by: Steven on February 11, 2019, 11:04:36 pm

Is there a Wiki page or something that explains how to use the different cron commands when creating a cron job via the WebGUI?

Some of the commands seem very straightforward but others I am not sure what they do or if they require other parameters. For example there is a command for "Remote Backup", but where do I set the remote backup location?

Commands:

• Automatic firmware update -  self-explanatory
• Regenrate DH parameters - self-explanatory
• Reconfigure a plugin facility - ?
• Update and reload intrusion detection rules - self-explanatory
• Update and reload firewall aliases - self-explanatory, but is this redundant? Aliases have expiry field, what does the cron command vs the alias expire field do?
• Issue a reboot - self-explanatory
• Download and reload external proxy ACLs - self-explanatory
• Download external proxy ACLs - self-explanatory
• Reload intrusion detection rules - self-explanatory
• Dynamic DNS Update - self-explanatory, but is this redundant? The Dynamic DNS client already performs update.
• Firmware changelog update - ? Are parameters needed for this? How are notifications handled?
• Periodic interface reset - ? Are parameters needed for this?
• Remote backup - Self-explanatory, but unclear how to setup. Are parameters needed for this?

Title: Re: Cron Command Explanations?
Post by: Steven on February 16, 2019, 05:19:42 am

After looking at the log files I discovered the "Update and reload firewall aliases" cron job is not needed for URL Table Aliases, those are already being updated according to the expiration field.

Still unsure how to use the other cron commands.