Schedule automatic restarts and backups

Schedules run tasks for you on a timer - a daily restart to clear memory, a warning message to players, or a nightly backup.

Create a schedule in the panel

1. Open your server on panel.ngpcloud.in and click Schedules.

2. Click Create schedule.

3. Give it a name, like Daily 4am restart.

4. Set when it runs, using cron-style fields:

   Field	Example	Meaning
   Minute	0	at minute 0
   Hour	4	at 4 AM
   Day of month	*	every day
   Month	*	every month
   Day of week	*	every day of the week

5. Tick Only when server is online if the tasks shouldn't run on a stopped server.

6. Click Create schedule.

Add tasks

Open the schedule and click New Task. Tasks run in order, and each can wait a number of seconds after the previous one.

A friendly restart sequence:

1. Send command - say Server restarting in 5 minutes - offset 0.
2. Send command - say Restarting in 1 minute! - offset 240.
3. Power action - Restart - offset 60.

To take a nightly backup instead, add a single Create backup task.

From the dashboard

Your Dashboard → Schedule tab offers a simpler picker: choose the days and time for a restart without writing cron fields.

Tips

• Restarting once a day is plenty for most game servers.
• Put backups a few minutes before the restart, not during it.
• Backups count towards your backup slots - lock the ones you want to keep.

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