Ansible role cron

Install cron and scedule jobs on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.cron
      cron_jobs:
        - name: my_job
          # Every 10 minutes
          minute: "*/10"
          # In the 23rd hour.
          hour: 23
          # For the first part of the month.
          day: "1-15"
          # Run "ls -l"
          job: "ls -l"
          # For a specific user
          user: root

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for cron

# The shell to use for running cronjobs.
cron_shell: /bin/bash

# The path to set for running jobs.
cron_path: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# The address where mails should be sent to.
cron_mailto: root

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
Alpine	all
EL	9
Debian	all
Fedora	all
Ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done on:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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