Resolved Run plesk command as cronjob not working

[Azurel]

EDIT: Solution is not to use "plesk bin <command>" and use instead "/usr/local/psa/bin/<command>" in cronjob.


I have created a php command-line script with command

shell_exec('plesk bin <command>');

As root in shell with putty that line is working!

# /opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/php /var/www/vhosts/example.com/myscript.php

I added it as cronjob (every minute) /etc/cron.d/myscript with this line

*/1 * * * * root /opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/php /var/www/vhosts/example.com/myscript.php

Now I get a cron mail with

sh: plesk: command not found

What am I missing here?

 

[TurabG]

It's been more than one year but since it remains unanswered, I will reply to this old topic.

I had the same problem and didn't find anything which even mentioned this specific problem but only this topic. So I dug a little more and saw the KB article which told Plesk command line utilities could be run stand alone, without the plesk command itself. So instead of this:

shell_exec('plesk bin <command>');

you should be using this:

shell_exec('/usr/local/psa/bin/<command>');

For example if you want to run domain utility. Instead of this:

shell_exec('plesk domain --do --something');

you need to run it with the full path of the "domain" utility like:

shell_exec('/usr/local/psa/bin/domain --do --something');

P.S. You need to change the path accordingly if you are running on Windows. Like;

C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Parallels\\Plesk\\bin\\domain.exe

 

[Azurel]

Thanks. Thats nice of you, however the answer is already in start post. See first line.

 

[TurabG]

Oops, didn't notice the editing, could have saved me half an hour Thank you too.

 

[Qhiliqq]

How to use it with "plesk ext wp-toolkit"?

 

[Maarten.]

How to use it with "plesk ext wp-toolkit"?

Run it as a command and include the full path to the plesk command: