I installed Magento 1.9, and now since the order emails are sent with cron, I want the cron to run every 1 minute, so the customer gets their emails right away.
But I do not want all the cron tasks every minute, cause it would be a huge resource drain.
How can i set up the order emails to get out every minute, but not the other cron tasks....
I also have installed AOE scheduler ?
We have shops running where the cron script is called every minute and it isn't a problem resource-wise, but this is how you would do it with Aoe_Scheduler by creating separated cron groups:
Create a symlink cron_email.php in your Magento root directory which points to cron.php: ln -s cron.php cron_email.php
Define the normal cronjob for all cron tasks excluding the one sending the mail:
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/env SCHEDULER_BLACKLIST='core_email_queue_send_all' /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh
Define the second cronjob which is only responsible for sending the mail:
* * * * * /usr/bin/env SCHEDULER_WHITELIST='core_email_queue_send_all' /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh cron_email.php
One advantage you'll get when separating the crons into groups is that long running jobs in the "normal" cronjob won't keep your mails from being sent and vice versa.
As @fschmengler pointed out in the comment you'll have to be cautious when using symlinks and you are on a non-Windows system with shell_exec enabled. Here is how we actually do it to avoid problems parallel execution when using symlinks:
cron.php for every cron groupalways or defaultThe result looks like this:
crontab:
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/env SCHEDULER_BLACKLIST='core_email_queue_send_all,long_running_cron' /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh cron.php -m=default
* * * * * /usr/bin/env /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh cron_always.php -m=always
* * * * * /usr/bin/env SCHEDULER_WHITELIST='core_email_queue_send_all' /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh cron_email.php -m=default
* * * * * /usr/bin/env SCHEDULER_WHITELIST='long_running_cron' /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh cron_longrunning.php -m=default
Magento root dir:
ls -la
cron_always.php -> cron.php
cron_email.php -> cron.php
cron_longrunning.php -> cron.php
cron.php
This makes things a little bit more complicated but it has served us well.
As you have AOE Scheduler installed you can create a custom cron script (like customcron.php) which you can trigger once a minute.
<?php
require_once 'shell/abstract.php';
require 'app/Mage.php';
Mage::app('admin')->setUseSessionInUrl(false);
class ManualCron extends Mage_Shell_Abstract {
private $_defaultCronJobs = null;
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$collection = Mage::getModel('aoe_scheduler/collection_crons');
$_defaultCronJobs= array();
foreach ($collection->getItems() as $item) {
$data = $item->getData();
$this->_defaultCronJobs[$data['id']] = $data['model'];
}
}
private function _runCron($cronId) {
$cron = explode("::", $this->_defaultCronJobs[$cronId]);
$cronFunction = "Mage::getModel('".$cron[0]."')->".$cron[1]."();";
echo "RUNNING: ".$cronFunction.PHP_EOL;
eval($cronFunction);
}
private function _runAllCrons() {
foreach ($this->_defaultCronJobs as $key => $value) {
$this->_runCron($key);
}
}
private function _displayAvaliableCronjobs() {
foreach ($this->_defaultCronJobs as $key => $value) {
echo $key." -> ".$value.PHP_EOL;
}
}
public function run() {
$command = $this->getArg('command');
if($command) {
switch($command) {
case "all":
$this->_runAllCrons();
break;
case "crons":
$this->_displayAvaliableCronjobs();
break;
default:
if (isset($this->_defaultCronJobs[$command])) {
$this->_runCron($command);
} else {
echo $this->usageHelp();
}
break;
} //switch
} else {
echo $this->usageHelp();
}
}
public function usageHelp()
{
return <<<USAGE
Usage: php manualcron.php --command [option]
[option]
help This help
all Run all cron jobs
crons Display all the avaliable cron jobs setup
[specific_cron_id] Run a specific cron, e.g. "php manualcron.php command cronjob_name"
USAGE;
}
}
$shell = new ManualCron();
$shell->run();
echo PHP_EOL;
Then you can configure it like: php shell/manualcron.php –command core_email_queue_send_all
Source: ecomus.co.uk
Aoe_Scheduler is capable of splitting you crons into different groups so you can run them in parallel or distribute them on multiple servers. Running multiple scheduler jobs in parallel is quite handy when you have some jobs which take a long time to run, and are not crucial for shop to run properly. En example could be a job which generates some kind of reports. Aoe Scheduler comes with whitelist/blacklist feature enabling you to do so.
How to make it work: 1. Assign a job to a group. Either from system -> scheduler -> job configuration -> edit form, or from xml configuration:
<crontab>
<jobs>
<job_name>
<run>
....
</run>
<groups>reporting,other_group_name</groups>
</job_name>
</jobs>
</crontab>
Aoe_Scheduler will merge xml configuration with the one from db.
Configure your crontab entry using --includeGroups and --excludeGroups You can find examples in system -> scheduler -> instructions
Note:
Aoe_Scheduler has evolved, and @matthias-zeis answer is not correct for newer versions of Aoe_Scheduler. The general idea of having cron groups is still valid, however the configuration should be different now.
Instead of using SCHEDULER_BLACKLIST and SCHEDULER_WHITELIST you should use configuration explained above.
I found an answer all: in Magento's cron, automatically emails are sent every minutes. Thats what the schedules are for: Magento schedules emails to go out every minute.
My problem was my host was horrible at telling me how to effectively call the cron to work, and thats why the cron was not working. If you are working with BLUEHOST, and want the Magento 1.9 cron to work, you have to enter it on the server side as:
*/5 * * * * wget -O /dev/null -q http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/[path to magento]cron.php > /dev/null
