Cron setup is required for Smart School if you want Fees Reminder and Create Database Backup will work automatically.

Go to System Settings > Backup Restore and generate your Smart School Cron Secret Key. It will be used to configure Cron Job in cPanel.

Cron secret key

Login to your cPanel and navigate to Cron jobs

Add the following settings -


Change the URL according to your base URL. If your base URL starts with https://, make sure that you configure the cron job URL to start with https://

This will check for Fees Reminder and Create Database Backup to every minute. If you want to change the frequency of Cron Job then change settings for timings.

If you want to configure only Fees Reminder them in Command field enter url - 
wget -q -O- http://yourdomain.com/cron/feereminder/<your-cron-secret-key> 

If you want to configure only Create Database Backup Automatically them in Command field enter url - 
wget -q -O- http://yourdomain.com/cron/autobackup/<your-cron-secret-key>