Knowledge base / Game servers / Scheduled tasks

Scheduled tasks

The Cron tab in the control panel runs actions automatically — for example, restarting the server every night.

Creating a task

Click add task and fill in the fields.

Action — one of:

  • "Restart server";
  • "Start server";
  • "Stop server";
  • "Console command" — a field for the command itself appears, e.g. sm_map de_dust2.

Frequency — "Every day" or "Pick days" with the days of the week.

Time — the hour and minute to run at.

Managing tasks

Created tasks can be temporarily disabled, edited and deleted. A disabled task stays in the list but doesn't run.

A server can have at most 6 tasks. If the limit is reached, delete or disable one you don't need.

Examples

TaskSettings
Nightly restartAction "Restart server", every day, 05:00
Map change on weekdays"Console command" sm_map de_dust2, picked days Mon–Fri, 12:00
Shut down for the night"Stop server", every day, 03:00

A regular restart is the simplest way to shed accumulated memory leaks and hangs on a long-running server.