**SECTION 7: `/cron`**, which handles all your background automation: scheduled provisioning, firmware pushes, config backups, outage detection, and ticket generation.

These scripts are lightweight, safe to run via `crontab`, and fully integrated with your provisioning engine and database.

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# **📁 SECTION 7 — `/cron`**

This section includes:

- `auto_activate.php`
- `firmware_scheduler.php`
- `config_backup_scheduler.php`
- `outage_detection.php`
- `ticket_autogen.php`

Each file is complete and ready to drop into `/cron`.


This includes:

- Auto‑service activation
- Firmware scheduler
- Config backup scheduler
- Outage detection
- Ticket auto‑generation

# **📌 Suggested Cron Schedule**

Here’s a clean, production‑friendly crontab:

```
*/5 * * * * php /var/www/isp/cron/outage_detection.php
*/5 * * * * php /var/www/isp/cron/ticket_autogen.php
0 * * * * php /var/www/isp/cron/auto_activate.php
0 2 * * * php /var/www/isp/cron/config_backup_scheduler.php
0 3 * * * php /var/www/isp/cron/firmware_scheduler.php
```