kanboard_ynh/sources/doc/cronjob.markdown

Background Job Scheduling

To work properly, Kanboard requires that a background job run on a daily basis. Usually on Unix platforms, this process is done by cron.

This background job is necessary for these features:

• Reports and analytics (calculate daily stats of each projects)
• Send overdue task notifications
• Execute automatic actions connected to the event "Daily background job for tasks"

Configuration on Unix and Linux platforms

There are multiple ways to define a cronjob on Unix/Linux operating systems, this example is for Ubuntu 14.04. The procedure is similar to other systems.

Edit the crontab of your web server user:

sudo crontab -u www-data -e

Example to execute the daily cronjob at 8am:

0 8 * * * cd /path/to/kanboard && ./kanboard cronjob >/dev/null 2>&1

Note: the cronjob process must have write access to the database in case you are using Sqlite. Usually, running the cronjob under the web server user is enough.