TYPO3 - Scheduler doesn't run recurring tasks

Question

TYPO3 doesn't want to run recurring tasks in the scheduler, there are no problems when I run it manually. If it's late, it just gives the status "Late, will run next execution".

What I tried/checked:
- Chmod correct files
- Checked the setup script
- Checked the log
- www-data user is added
- Checked apache logs, nothing

I'm using TYPO3 6.2 beta5 running on ubuntu 12.04.

Answer 1

You have to add a cronjob that triggers the scheduler now and then. Otherwise just nothing will happen.

For example, after open your crontab for editing with crontab -e add:

*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/bob/www/typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh scheduler

Of course those paths needs to fit your php binary and your typo3 folder. With this cronjob your scheduler will be called every 15 minutes. Each time it will check if any scheduler tasks are late and if so, will start them.

You find the complete how-to here (from the official scheduler documentation).