How to write cron job in AWS EC2 server

Question

I\'ve created a cron job in AWS EC2 but it is not working.

I followed below steps to create cron tab:

• Step 1: I logged in to AWS EC2 Instace
• step

Answer 1

Running cron on EC2 is not any different from running on any *nix server - as far as I know. I would check of the system messages for any errors. You can also redirect stderr/stdout to a file as in

 * * * * *   >> /var/tmp/out.log 2>&1

and check for any issues for starters.