How to configure a cron job using CloudFlare DNS

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Why don't my crons work with CloudFlare?

You have linked your domain to CloudFlare using the latter's DNS and you want to configure a cron task from your customer area in the associated section, but the task only executes once without repeating itself at the time interval you wanted. This is a known problem, CloudFlare blocks the execution of crons sent from our services. To overcome this problem, here's a workaround.

Running a cron job using CloudFlare

The cron tasks configured from the customer area don't work if you use CloudFlare DNS. To overcome this problem, please follow this procedure:

1. Create a sub-domain (for example: cron.domain.ext) from your client space by following this documentation: https://help.lws-hosting.com/en/sub-domains
2. Place the file to be executed by your cron job in the folder bearing the name of your sub-domain on your hosting's FTP space.
3. Create your cron job from the client space by following this documentation: https: //help.lws-hosting.com/en/cron-stain
4. Connect to your CloudFlare account linked to your domain name.

In the "DNS" section, add a CNAME record as shown in the following example:

Replace "cron" with the name of your sub-domain.

Replace "domain.ext" with your domain name.

Make sure that the cloud is grey and not orange. This tells CloudFlare that you don't want to use its services for this sub-domain.

You can then click on the "Add Record" button.