Configuring cron jobs on Media Temple Grid Servers (gs)

Through my experience and to my knowledge, cron jobs on Media Temple's Grid Servers must be run via an .sh file in the "/scripts" directory of your Drupal installation. This was confusing to me as I've always setup cron jobs in cPanel. Media Temple does not use cPanel. Following the steps to setup a cron job like 45 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O - -q http://www.example.com/cron.php through a typical cPanel interface will not work in Media Temple's cron job creation tool.

Use the following steps to get cron jobs working on a Media Temple Grid Server:

1. Log into your (mt) AccountCenter and go to your WebControl panel.
2. Click on the "Cron Jobs" icon to enter the cron configuration page.
3. Select the "Add a new cron job" button.
4. Enter an email address for the "Output email". Note:Leave this blank if you don't want constant emails.
5. Enter the following in the "command to run" text box:
   curl http://www.example.com/cron.php
   where "example.com" is your domain name.
6. Under "Scheduling Settings" select how often you want your cron job to run.
7. Note the Media Temple will not allow a cron job to run more often than "every 5 minutes".
   • To setup a cron job to run once an hour:
     • Under the "minutes" entry, specify the minute value on which the cron job will start each hour.
     • Then select the following radio boxes: hour, day, month, day of the week.