Show a message about setting up the cron and if there was an error ru…

app/Console/Kernel.php

@@ -6,11 +6,22 @@
 use App\Console\Cron\Monthly;
 use App\Console\Cron\Nightly;
 use App\Console\Cron\Weekly;
+use App\Services\CronService;
 use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
 
 class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
 {
+    private $cronSvc;
+
+    public function __construct(Application $app, Dispatcher $events)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($app, $events);
+        $this->cronSvc = app(CronService::class);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Define the application's command schedule.
      *
@@ -28,6 +39,9 @@ protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule): void
         // When spatie-backups runs
         $schedule->command('backup:clean')->daily()->at('01:00');
         $schedule->command('backup:run')->daily()->at('02:00');
+
+        // Update the last time the cron was run
+        $this->cronSvc->updateLastRunTime();
     }
 
     /**

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/MaintenanceController.php

@@ -3,19 +3,33 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
 
 use App\Contracts\Controller;
+use App\Services\CronService;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
 use Laracasts\Flash\Flash;
 
 class MaintenanceController extends Controller
 {
-    public function __construct()
+    private $cronSvc;
+
+    public function __construct(CronService $cronSvc)
     {
+        $this->cronSvc = $cronSvc;
     }
 
     public function index()
     {
-        return view('admin.maintenance.index');
+        // Generate the cron path. Replace php-fpm with just php
+        $cron_path = [
+            '* * * * *',
+            $this->cronSvc->getCronPath(),
+            '>> /dev/null 2>&1',
+        ];
+
+        return view('admin.maintenance.index', [
+            'cron_path'           => implode(' ', $cron_path),
+            'cron_problem_exists' => $this->cronSvc->cronProblemExists(),
+        ]);
     }
 
     /**

app/Services/CronService.php

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services;
+
+use App\Contracts\Service;
+use App\Repositories\KvpRepository;
+use DateTime;
+use DateTimeZone;
+use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+
+class CronService extends Service
+{
+    private $kvpRepo;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        KvpRepository $kvpRepo
+    ) {
+        $this->kvpRepo = $kvpRepo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the path for running a cron job
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getCronPath(): string
+    {
+        $path = [
+            'cd '.base_path(),
+            '&&',
+            str_replace('-fpm', '', PHP_BINARY),
+            'artisan schedule:run',
+        ];
+
+        return implode(' ', $path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the last time the cron was run in the kvp repo
+     */
+    public function updateLastRunTime()
+    {
+        $dt = new DateTime('now', DateTimeZone::UTC);
+        $this->kvpRepo->save('cron_last_run', $dt->format(DateTime::ISO8601));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True/false if there's a problem with the cron. Now this is mainly
+     * if the cron hasn't run in the last 5 minutes at least
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function cronProblemExists(): bool
+    {
+        $last_run = $this->kvpRepo->get('cron_last_run');
+        if (empty($last_run)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $dt = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $last_run);
+            $dt_now = new DateTime('now', DateTimeZone::UTC);
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            Log::error('Error checking for cron problem: '.$e->getMessage());
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // More than 5 minutes... there's a problem
+        $diff = $dt_now->diff($dt);
+        return $diff->i > 5;
+    }
+}

resources/views/admin/maintenance/caches.blade.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             <h6><i class="fas fa-clock"></i>
                 &nbsp;Reset Caches
             </h6>
-            <div class="row">
+            <div class="row" style="padding-top: 5px">
                 <div class="col-sm-4 text-center">
                     {{ Form::open(['route' => 'admin.maintenance.cache']) }}
                     {{ Form::hidden('type', 'all') }}

resources/views/admin/maintenance/cron.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="col-sm-12">
+    <div class="form-container">
+      <h6><i class="fas fa-clock"></i>
+        &nbsp;Cron
+      </h6>
+      <div class="row" style="padding-top: 5px">
+        <div class="col-sm-12">
+          <p>A cron must be created that runs every minute calling artisan. Example:</p>
+          <label style="width: 100%">
+            <input type="text" value="{{ $cron_path }}" class="form-control" style="width: 100%"/>
+          </label>
+
+          @if($cron_problem_exists)
+            <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
+              There was a problem running the cron; make sure it's setup and check logs at
+              <span class="text-monospace bg-gradient-dark">storage/logs/cron.log</span>
+            </div>
+          @endif
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>

resources/views/admin/maintenance/index.blade.php

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 @section('content')
     @include('flash::message')
 
+    <div class="card border-blue-bottom">
+      <div class="content">
+        @include('admin.maintenance.cron')
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="card border-blue-bottom">
         <div class="content">
             @include('admin.maintenance.caches')