Cron & http authentication protected website

euskaraz

Hi, I tried to configure the cron but my site has http auth enabled and the cron process can't be triggered. In Acymailing5 I used to run my own cron and I passed the credentials needed in the cron command line (see below). Is there any solution for this without disabling http auth?

This is the way I triggered the cron in acymailing 5:
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/lynx -auth=user:password -accept_all_cookies -source "http://domain.abc/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=cron" > /dev/null

Alexandre

Hi,

We've blocked people from using their own cron.

We will change this in the upcoming version so that people who have a valid license attached to their website can use their own cron job ;-)

euskaraz

OK
I've modified server config to allow cron triggering from certain IP address and it's working, but I'd like to avoid this workaround.
Hope upcoming version is being released soon.
Thank you!

solidrockdesign

Are there any news about this topic? My cron is set to atomtatic and I have enterprise license installed but the cron will NOT work automatically? Is it because of https?

irfanmoosani

@solidrockdesign I assume you have cron set on our server.
If you want to follow what is happening when the cron triggers your website please check the Report under Queue process. Please read our documentation here .

Also try switching the "Use https" option to "Yes" under Mail Settings > Advanced configuration, if your site is using https

solidrockdesign

That's a nice feature but doesn't SOLVE the problem that the cronjob will be executed automatically after 15 minutes (as I have set it in the options). So I took the cronjob-link and execute it now every 5 minutes via my own webserver panel. I also changed the option in the queue process configuration tab "Warteschlangen-Verarbeitung" to "Only manual" ... NOW it works and the cronjob will be executed every 5 minutes!