Serveral custom cron jobs in Trellis/Bedrock stack

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Hi, I’m trying to create two different cron jobs for WP All Import. I’m not really sure how to add these cron jobs and make them run. I’ve created a task in main.yml (roles/wordpress-setup/tasks) as well as in wordpress_sites.yml where the job is defined.

Is it possible to have several jobs or should I somehow add my tasks to systemcron?

Thank you

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If you’re looking to setup system crons you’ll want to use http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cron_module.html

You can see an example in Trellis for the WP cron that is setup: https://github.com/roots/trellis/blob/e0fee339fd72123b7e7accab4a2367de895995a1/roles/wordpress-setup/tasks/main.yml#L45-L53

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Hi Ben!

I’m working in the same theme team as @Olle_Linderos and I have som further questions about custom cron tasks.

The following code is defined in roles/wordpress-setup/tasks/main.yml as a task:

    - name: WP All Import cron
       cron:
          name: "{{ item.key }} - WP All Import cron"
          hour: "{{ item.value.cron.hour | default('*') }}"
          minute: "{{ item.value.cron.minute | default('*') }}"
          user: "{{ web_user }}"
          job: "cd {{ www_root }}/{{ item.key }}/{{ item.value.current_path | default('current') }} && {{        item.value.cron.job }} > /dev/null 2>&1"
         cron_file: "wp-all-import-cron"
      with_dict: "{{ wordpress_sites }}"
      when: item.value.cron | default(false)

Then I have specified the following in group_vars/environment/wordpress-sites.yml

cron:
  job: "curl http://your-website.com/wp-cron.php?import_key=%5BYOUR_SECRET_KEY%5D&import_id=%5BYOUR_IMPORT_ID%5D&action=trigger"
  hour: "3"
  minute: "0"
system_cron: true

Are we on the right track or would you recommend any other solution. Remember, we will run 4 unique wp cron urls. 2 per import profile, one trigger and one processing. And of course, it’s important for us to have different links for different environments.

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Try adding /wp/ to your curl path, as Bedrock changes the path of wp-cron.php:

cron:
  job: "curl http://your-website.com/wp/wp-cron.php?import_key=%5BYOUR_SECRET_KEY%5D&import_id=%5BYOUR_IMPORT_ID%5D&action=trigger"
  hour: "3"
  minute: "0"
system_cron: true