Scheduling server reboot

Question

How can I schedule an automatic reboot of my server with CentOS via terminal or via plesk every 12 hours?

EEAA · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-31 19:21:23Z

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Add the following to root's crontab:

0 0,12 * * * /sbin/init 6

But honestly, why on God's green earth would you want to reboot every 12 hours?

answered May 31 '11 at 19:21

EEAA
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	init 6 is the same of reboot? – paul_1991 May 31 '11 at 21:10
	also reboot or shutdown -r would work as well in that cron job, but i echo @ErikA's point, why do you want to reboot every 12 hours – anthonysomerset May 31 '11 at 21:12
	I have a problem on my server and i can't fix them in this week so i need to reboot it every 12 hour to save it from crash. How can I add this line? I run this command crontab -e and I get a list of all the scheduled process, how can I add the line that erikA suggest to me? Thanks – paul_1991 May 31 '11 at 21:15
	@paul - there are many questions on SF about adding cron jobs. Just search for one and you'll find the information you're looking for. – EEAA May 31 '11 at 21:24
	I run crontab -e and I simple add the line 0 0,12 * * * /sbin/init 6 then I save the file. Is everything ok? thanks – paul_1991 May 31 '11 at 21:50

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