So,
You are having problems settings cron job on a website where SSL is enabled. Here is a quick fix.
A normal cron job… specifically wget will get you the following error.
--2015-01-30 14:50:01-- http://www.yourwebsite.com/backupscript.php
Resolving www.yourwebsite.com... 00.00.00.00, 00.00.00.00
Connecting to www.yourwebsite.com|00.00.00.00|:443... connected.
ERROR: cannot verify www.yourwebsite.com’s certificate, issued by “/C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=COMODO RSA Extended Validation Secure Server CA” (the name here will vary based on your SSL provider):
Unable to locally verify the issuer’s authority.
Simply add ‘–no-check-certificate’ after the wget and before you URL and you are good to go.
Sample SSL command can be
/usr/bin/wget –no-check-certificate –max-redirect=10000 http://www.yourwebsite.com/backupscript.php
