foto-portfolio/scripts/manage-client.cron

# Backup and update client — crontab lines for this installation.
#
# Adjust the two paths, then add them with `crontab -e`, or paste them into the
# hosting panel's cron form. Check the PHP binary with `which php`; shared hosts
# often want a versioned one such as /usr/bin/php8.2.
#
# --quiet suppresses normal output. Errors still go to STDERR, and cron mails
# those to MAILTO — which is the whole point of running it this way.

MAILTO=admin@example.org

PHP=/usr/bin/php
SITE=/var/www/html/foto-portfolio

# Nightly backup at 03:20: data/ and media/, uploaded to the manage server.
# Runs at night because it archives every locally hosted image.
20 3 * * * $PHP $SITE/manage-client/bin/manage-client.php backup --trigger=cron --quiet

# Hourly status report: version, PHP version, free disk space, last backup.
7 * * * * $PHP $SITE/manage-client/bin/manage-client.php heartbeat --quiet

# Update check on weekday mornings. Exit code 2 means "update available"; cron
# reports a non-zero exit as mail, which is exactly the notification wanted.
0 8 * * 1-5 $PHP $SITE/manage-client/bin/manage-client.php check --quiet

# Updates are deliberately not installed here. `update` overwrites files while
# the site is live, has no rollback, and may run migrations — that belongs in
# front of a human, at Admin -> Maintenance.
#
# Without cron at all: set MANAGE_BACKUP_AUTO_INTERVAL_SECONDS in
# manage-client/config.php to 604800, and the admin dashboard makes the weekly
# backup itself the next time it is opened.