Development and databases

Cron, .htaccess and server

Cron jobs, .htaccess rules and mod_rewrite, MIME types, the cPanel API and available binaries.

13 articles in this topic

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  1. Persistent processes: queue workers, Horizon and always-on commands Keep Laravel queue workers, Horizon, a persistent Redis or your own command running on the Avanza, Max and Elástico plans: how to create them, what to do if they fail and how to restart them when you deploy. 15 min · Reviewed 10/2026
  2. Available binaries and tools - FFmpeg, Tesseract, ImageMagick, cURL and more See which binaries are available for video, images, PDF, OCR, networking, DNS, version control and other everyday hosting tasks. 4 min · Reviewed 10/2026
  3. Install, update and use FFmpeg on your hosting Install, update or remove FFmpeg from the package manager and set the ffmpeg and ffprobe paths to use them over SSH or from PHP. 4 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  4. Generate CSV reports of email and cron from cPanel Generate CSV reports with PHP and UAPI to inventory mailboxes, forwarders, autoresponders and cron jobs from a hosting account. 1 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  5. Developing and automating with the cPanel API Use the cPanel API through local UAPI or external tokens to manage email, FTP and redirects, with safe examples in cURL and PHP. 5 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  6. Delete old emails safely Clean up old email without blindly deleting Maildir; check the account and folder, test first and keep a recoverable copy. 3 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  7. Create and run cron jobs in cPanel Set up cron jobs in cPanel, define intervals and commands, manage notifications, call URLs with cURL, avoid overlaps and process queues without leaving stray processes. 8 min · Reviewed 10/2026
  8. The .htaccess file, what you need to know Learn how .htaccess applies recursively and which options it lets you adjust per directory; errors, access, redirects, MIME and PHP settings. 3 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  9. Apache handlers Set from cPanel which Apache handler should process a given extension, and learn why this option calls for advanced experience. 1 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  10. Set up friendly URLs and mod_rewrite rules Enable mod_rewrite from .htaccess and apply the rules each application provides to rewrite addresses and enable friendly URLs. 3 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  11. Customise 404 and other error pages Customise from cPanel the responses for errors such as 404, with request codes and tags, and tell when the application handles them instead. 3 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  12. Temporary maintenance page with .htaccess Temporarily respond with a 503 status and a maintenance page using .htaccess, leaving one authorised IP able to keep working. 3 min · Reviewed 09/2026
  13. MIME types Understand how MIME types tell the browser what content it is receiving, and learn how to map custom extensions from cPanel when needed. 2 min · Reviewed 09/2026

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