Server Cron job for Crawler CLI Issues

please try add wp litespeed-crawler reset before run , or better yet , reset , wait for 60 seconds, then run it

also your crawler interval is 302400 , which is 3.5 days , it may not trigger the cron to run again until 3.5 days later, I’d suggest to set to 61 for quick test first

Perfect it’s working now. Also i thought that the crawl interval setting only applies for how long you want to wait before a fresh entire sitemap crawl? since i’m using the server cron i thought running wp litespeed-crawler run was enough.

yeah but once you disable it , I guess it will start to recalculate from there on

So when I increase the crawl interval, it doesn’t seem to work and just does the default Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 0 [total] 1884 like earlier.

This is what’s confusing me because i thought “Crawl Interval” means “how long to wait before the job crawls the entire sitemap again”. Not “how long to wait before the job runs normally”.?

em , yes, I can see it could create confusion , I will ask our doc team to review it and properly wording it.

Hi, it’s me again. i must be doing something wrong because out of 8 crawlers it seems to never erach the 3rd one but will always reset after the end of the 1st or 2nd and just loop those two crawlers throughout the entire night. I have also tried setting separate turn on/turn off cli server cron jobs to atleast try and get the other crawlers to start but to no avail.

any help would begreatly appreciated.

latest report number: MUISQFOB

well, from report, I can’t really tell anything, please enable the debug log , it should tell something as why crawler stopped working

Is there exists better documentation around the CLI crawler commands and the front-end settings?

For example if i have Crawler set to ON on the frontend but I am using CLI cron to enable, run and disable it, is having it set to ON here still necessary?

And what happens if i have this setting ON but am also using the CLI cron job?.

My debug log doesn’t show anything but it seems like setting the crawler interval to 61 is what is causing the position reset. This is my latest cronjob lines i do not have any reset added but i feel like the frontend settings are causing a clash?

#Enable crawlers at 7:30 PM NZDT (6:30 AM UTC) with logging

30 6 * * * wp litespeed-crawler list --path=/var/www/html | grep -oE '^[0-9]+' | xargs -I {} wp litespeed-crawler enable {} --path=/var/www/html && sleep 60 && wp litespeed-crawler run --path=/var/www/html >> /var/www/html/wp-content/lscronlog.txt 2>&1

# Disable crawlers at 6:00 AM NZDT (5:00 PM UTC) with logging

0 17 * * * wp litespeed-crawler list --path=/var/www/html | grep -oE '^[0-9]+' | xargs -I {} wp litespeed-crawler disable {} --path=/var/www/html >> /var/www/html/wp-content/lscronlog.txt 2>&1

you mean in wp-admin -> LiteSpeed Cache -> crawler -> general setting -> crawler ON/OFF ?

this option is controlling the crawler cron job set or unset

the WP CLI enable is actually about activate or deactivate the crawlers , as my screenshot

I can see the name is confusing , I just suggested dev to update or re-think about it

but if you do wp litespeed-crawler run as manual trigger, it will work if you set aforementioned option to OFF

[litespeedtest@cp public_html]$ while true; do wp litespeed-crawler run ; sleep 61; done
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 35 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 111 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 185 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 257 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 332 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 409 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 485 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 561 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 639 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 714 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 790 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 866 [total] 16223
Success: Start crawling. Current crawler #1 [position] 941 [total] 16223

I have cralwer inteval set to 61, and it just works for me.

unless you explicitly reset it via CLI or GUI, then only other case is purge all , which will also lead to reset

So this is my current flow:

1. This setting inside?wp-admin -> LiteSpeed Cache -> crawler -> general setting -> crawler ON
2. In my cron job I have a line to enable the crawlers, then sleep for 61, then run wp cli wp litespeed-crawler run

#Enable crawlers at 7:30 PM NZDT (6:30 AM UTC) with logging
30 6 * * * wp litespeed-crawler list --path=/var/www/html | grep -oE '^[0-9]+' | xargs -I {} wp litespeed-crawler enable {} --path=/var/www/html && sleep 61 && wp litespeed-crawler run --path=/var/www/html >> /var/www/html/wp-content/lscronlog.txt 2>&1
#
#
# Disable crawlers at 6:00 AM NZDT (5:00 PM UTC) with logging
0 17 * * * wp litespeed-crawler list --path=/var/www/html | grep -oE '^[0-9]+' | xargs -I {} wp litespeed-crawler disable {} --path=/var/www/html >> /var/www/html/wp-content/lscronlog.txt 2>&1

Does that mean it won’t work because I actually need this setting inside?wp-admin -> LiteSpeed Cache -> crawler -> general setting -> crawler OFF ?

I am testing it now and let you know how it goes.

Alright yes it’s working now. May I make a suggestion on updating the crawler documentation? It would be a good idea for posting an article on the subject too as I notice alot of other users are having some issues with the WP CLI.

Correct any areas if I’m wrong and happy for you to share this with the team for ideas and feedback.

For the Crawler section: (https://docs.litespeedtech.com/lscache/lscwp/crawler)

Crawler:

The crawler travels through your site, refreshing pages that have expired in the cache. This makes it less likely that your visitors will encounter uncached pages.

The crawler must be enabled at the server-level or the virtual host level by a site admin. Please see: Enabling the Crawler at the Server or Virtual Host Level

Learn more about crawling on our blog.

If you are <a href="https://developer.www.ads-software.com/plugins/cron/hooking-wp-cron-into-the-system-task-scheduler/">hooking WP-Cron into the System Task Scheduler</a>, you must be comfortable using the crawler's <a >WordPress CLI commands</a> to manually enable, run, reset position and disable the crawlers.

Learn more about this on our blog (insert blog post article on the subject)

Under General Settings -> Crawler (https://docs.litespeedtech.com/lscache/lscwp/crawler/#crawler_1)

Crawler

OFF

Set the to ON to enable crawling for this site.

If you are using server cron job, set this to OFF. Otherwise your WP-CLI crawler commands will not run. (Learn more from our article)

Under Crawl Interval (https://docs.litespeedtech.com/lscache/lscwp/crawler/#crawl-interval)

Crawl Interval

302400

This determines how long in seconds before the crawler starts crawling/re-initiating the crawling process. You might want to change this depending on how long it takes to crawl your site. The best way to figure this out is to run all the crawlers a few times and keep track of the "Last complete run time for all crawlers". Once you've got that amount, set Crawl Interval to slightly more than that. For example if your last complete run time for all crawlers is 4 hours, you could set this value to 5 hours (or 18000 seconds)

This setting is also reliant on the Run Duration setting. If your Run Duration is lower than the Crawl Interval, the crawler will not re-initiate until the Crawl Interval has been reached.

For example using the default values Run Duration 400, Crawl Interval 302400, and your site has not completed crawling, This means once the crawler starts and 400 seconds is past, it will be another 302000 seconds before the crawler is re-initiated

If you are using server cron to schedule the crawler, it is recommended to set this value to something lower so the crawler can be re-initiated by the cron accordingly. Learn more from our article (insert article)

thanks for the suggestion , we are also refactor the crawler feature in upcoming version , as well as we need re-work on the document , I must say , even to me , if I didn’t dig the code directly , it was somewhat confusing as well