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Automatic restarts, commands and backup schedules

Tools → Schedules can run a command, a power action or a backup on a timer. Backup tasks are limited to one run every 30 minutes.

29 Sept 2026·1 min read·PylonHosting
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1. Open Tools → Schedules2. Press New schedule3. Set the time4. Add a task5. Check that it ran

Use schedules for a nightly restart, a save command, or a repeating backup. Numbered yellow markers show what to click.

1. Open Tools → Schedules

On the server page, click Tools, then Schedules. Helper cannot open this page. Manager and owner can.

1 Tools. 2 Schedules. 3 Databases.
1 Tools. 2 Schedules. 3 Databases.

2. Press New schedule

Click New schedule. Name it something you will recognise, such as Daily restart.

1 Click New schedule, then name it. Backup tasks are limited to one run every 30 minutes.
1 Click New schedule, then name it. Backup tasks are limited to one run every 30 minutes.

3. Set the time

Cron fields are minute, hour, day of month, month and day of week. Example: 0 6 * * * runs every day at 06:00 in the panel scheduler timezone. Tick Active. Tick Only when server is online if the task should skip an offline server. Tick Run on every profile if the schedule should stay when you switch profiles. Leave that off and the schedule belongs to the profile that is live now. Press Create schedule.

1 Name. 2 Hour (with Minute). 3 Create schedule, then add a command, power or backup task.
1 Name. 2 Hour (with Minute). 3 Create schedule, then add a command, power or backup task.

4. Add a task

Open the new schedule and add a task.

A command task sends console text such as save-all or a plugin command.

A power task can start, stop or restart at that time. Use restart for a daily reboot rather than force stop.

A backup task creates a restore point. Backup tasks are limited to one run every 30 minutes to protect performance and storage. Make sure you still have a free backup slot.

5. Check that it ran

After the first run, open Activity and filter power or backup events. If a backup task is skipped, you are often inside the 30-minute window, out of slots, or the server was offline with “only when online” ticked.

1 Filter Power or backup events, 2 search the last 14 days, 3 confirm the scheduled run.
1 Filter Power or backup events, 2 search the last 14 days, 3 confirm the scheduled run.
  1. 1
    Open Schedules

    Tools → Schedules.

  2. 2
    Create and time it

    Name it, set cron, then create.

  3. 3
    Add a task

    Command, power or backup. Backups at most every 30 minutes.

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