# How to create crontab file for user elastic search which is installed in user root

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-crontab-file-for-user-elastic-search-which-is-installed-in-user-root/172116>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 13, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-crontab-file-for-user-elastic-search-which-is-installed-in-user-root/172116 "2019-03-13T10:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-crontab-file-for-user-elastic-search-which-is-installed-in-user-root/172116/2 "2019-03-13T18:30:45Z")

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You opened a similar question with [How to create a crontab file for user elasticsearch](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-crontab-file-for-user-elasticsearch/172107). Let's keep the discussion in a single place. Thanks.

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