Tasks

Moodle uses tasks to defer processing of expensive or batch operations to background tasks. They come in two forms:

  • Scheduled tasks are configured to run on a regular basis in a cron-like fashion.
  • Ad hoc tasks are run-once jobs created by actions in the UI.

They're launched by the cron, either /admin/cron.php or /admin/cli/cron.php.


Children
  1. Checking the cron's running