How do I setup a cron job to restart a service?

How do I setup a cron job to restart a service?

I got it and give you step by step adding cron jobs into your system:

1. Type crontab -e to edit your crontab,
2. Add 0 4 * * * /etc/init. d/mysqld restart to restart Mysql everyday at 4 AM,
3. Add 0 5 * * * /etc/init. d/httpd restart to restart Apache everyday at 5 AM and.
4. Add 0 24 * * * /etc/init.
5. Recheck with crontab -l.

How do I restart Crond?

Commands for RHEL/Fedora/CentOS/Scientific Linux user

1. Start cron service. To start the cron service, use: /etc/init.d/crond start.
2. Stop cron service. To stop the cron service, use: /etc/init.d/crond stop.
3. Restart cron service. To restart the cron service, use: /etc/init.d/crond restart.

How to restart the cron service in Linux?

To restart the cron service, use: /etc/init.d/crond restart OR RHEL/CentOS 5.x/6.x user: service crond restart OR RHEL/Centos Linux 7.x user: systemctl restart crond.service Commands for Ubuntu/Mint/Debian based Linux distro

Can you restart Apache service automatically using Cron 12am daily?

On my Raspberry Pi 4, doing it the way above does not work because the current user doesnt have permission to restart the service.

How is the cron daemon used in Linux?

The Cron (crond) daemon or service is use to execute scheduled commands or scripts. cron wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in the current minute. If you are using Redhat (RHEL)/Fedora/CentOS/Rocky/Alma Linux use the following commands.

How to enable Crond service in Ubuntu Linux?

You can use a text based GUI tool called ntsysv to enable crond service: If you are using Debian or Ubuntu Linux use the following commands to ensure that the service remains enabled after a reboot: You can use command line tool update-rc.d: This entry is 4 of 15 in the Linux Cron Jobs Howto & Tutorial series.