Issue
I have written a custom management command post_message when I run python manage.py post_message the command executes well.
Now I want this command to run every 10 minutes.
I have a virtual envrironment.
I have a file - msg.cron the contents of the file are as follows -
#!SHELL=/bin/bash
*/10 * * * * source /home/username/Envs/project_name/bin/activate && /home/username/Code/project_name/manage.py post_message > /dev/null
I have done chmod +x on msg.cron
Having done this, I added
crontab msg.cron
Now when I do crontab -l contents of msg.cron are shown.
But the management command are not being run, what am I missing?
Solution
You don't need to activate the virtualenv in this case. You can just use the python in the bin directory of the virtualenv.
*/10 * * * * source /home/username/Envs/project_name/bin/python /home/username/Code/project_name/manage.py post_message > /dev/null
Answered By - schillingt Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (WPSolving Admin)