How to solve Catalog Rule Product Status: REINDEX REQUIRED

Question

How to solve Catalog Rule Product Status: REINDEX REQUIRED
Hi, I have a problem in admin, One or more indexers are invalid. Make sure your Magento cron job is running. I am using cpanel in host. How can i solve this problem?

Thank you for your help! Angelo

Answer 1

You may go to phpmyadmin and in your database check table cron_schedule and see if there is an entry for your reindexing cron job.
If you want to do it manually then connect your ssh to your server. If ssh is enabled then use this command

ssh username@host

enter your password and then run this command in terminal

php bin/Magento indexer:reindex

this will reindex your indices

Answer 2

I had the same problem. Following steps did the job for me.

Step ONE
Fom the cli, run:

php bin/magento indexer:status

Check if your indexer is listed with "Reindex required". It should, because if it's not listed, it means that you don't have a reindexing problem.

Step TWO:
From the cli, run TWICE (!):

php bin/magento cron:run  

See this link why you have to run the cron twice. In short: first time cron runs to check for tasks; second time cron executes the found tasks.

Step THREE
Check your indexers in cli or M2 admin.

All indexers should be ready.