Piwik archiving through cron (no replies)

Hi!

Does a website have to be running when archiving websites through cron?
Example, does this talk to the website running piwik at all, or does it just need php running through the terminal:

[$] php /path/to/console core:archive --url=http://www.example.com/ > /home/example/piwik-archive.log

Just wondering if restarting the webserver will have any effect on piwik archiving in the terminal/cron.

Thanks!