Guide Guide: running Laravel scheduled tasks on shared hosting

AaravM 03 Oct 2026, 12:47 PM 1 reply 704 views 2 participants

03 Oct 2026, 12:47 PM #1

Shared hosting usually gives you cron but no supervisor. Here is a setup that works well:

1. One cron line

Code

* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/USER/app/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

2. Database queue processed by the scheduler

PHP

Schedule::command('queue:work --stop-when-empty --max-time=50')->everyMinute()->withoutOverlapping();

3. Check it works
Add a test job, wait a minute, then look at the jobs table. Done! 🚀

03 Oct 2026, 02:47 PM #2

Exactly how I do it. The --max-time option keeps it under the cron interval.

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