Cron Run Failed

By gawas.sachin on 26 Oct 2010 at 09:29 UTC

Hi All,

I am trying to index my site, so that my "internal site search" will improve.
1st Issue: Cron runs, but its not able to index 500 terms in one go.
2nd Issue: When I try to re-run cron.php, it fails.

How I achieve this? Thanx in advance.

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_{Edited by WorldFallz - nothing to do with module development, moved to appropriate forum.}

Comments

The easiest way to do this is

Jaypan commented 26 October 2010 at 10:32

The easiest way to do this is to download and install the devel module, then enable the development block somewhere. In that block is a link to 'edit variables' (or something like that). In there, look for the 'cron_semaphore' variable and delete it. Then clear your cache, and try running cron again.

Thnx.. It worked for me

gawas.sachin commented 26 October 2010 at 11:03

Once you install "Devel" and enable it, You get a "Variable editor" in "Administration Menu".
You can delete cron semaphore variable from there.

Thanx Jay Matwichuk

Cron runs, but its not able to index 500 terms in one go

gawas.sachin commented 26 October 2010 at 11:10

Hi,

Now cron runs, but its not able to index 500 terms in one run of "cron.php".
I have over 5000 nodes to index. It's getting time consuming to delete "cron_semaphore" variable everytime, and then run the "cron.php".

Why cron not able to index 500 terms in one go?
You have any idea?

Are you on shared hosting?

Jaypan commented 26 October 2010 at 11:39

Are you on shared hosting? Your host probably doesn't provide enough memory to handle it.

Set it to index 20 at a time, and have your cron run every 15 minutes or so. It will take a few hours/days but everything will get indexed.

Yes ! I am on shared hosting

gawas.sachin commented 26 October 2010 at 11:43

I am on shared hosting.

I have set it to index 500 at a time. It's indexing about 400 terms in one go.

Probably you are right. My hosting doesn't provide enough memory.

How do I set my cron to run after every 15 minutes. Do I have to delete "cron_semaphore" variable every 15 minutes?

No. If the cron run

Jaypan commented 26 October 2010 at 11:50

No. If the cron run completes, you won't need to delete that variable, it will be deleted automatically by the cron script.

As for how to increase the cron runs - that depends on how you set it up in the first place. They are running, so you must have done something to make them run. Do that again, and set them to run more often.

Cron run doesn't complete

gawas.sachin commented 26 October 2010 at 12:08

Cron run is not completing. It shows an

500 Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
blah blah .....

I tried setting it to "20 items to index" in one run. But still it shows the above error.

That means, "cron_semaphore" not getting deleted. I have to delete it manually.

If cron_semaphore wont get delete after each "cron.php" run, setting my crontab to run "cron.php" after every 15 minutes wont matter.

If you are getting that

Jaypan commented 26 October 2010 at 17:44

If you are getting that error, it means your cron is not running at all, and you have a bad configuration somewhere.

My Cron is runnning

gawas.sachin commented 27 October 2010 at 04:11

Hi Jay,

My Cron is running but its not able to index all the terms in one go.
If I set to index 500 terms in one run, its able to index 400 terms in one go.
When I see my Index status in "Search Settings" its showing me number of nodes indexed in last cron run.
Indexing increased after each cron run.
But somehow I want to automate this "Cron Run". If every time my Cron fails, I have to delete "cron semaphore" manually and run cron.php, which I feel is mammoth task.