Ansible Role: cron

This role will assume the setup of cron

It's part of the ELAO Ansible stack but can be used as a stand alone component.

Requirements

• Ansible 1.7.2+

Dependencies

None.

Installation

Using ansible galaxy:

ansible-galaxy install elao.cron,1.0

You can add this role as a dependency for other roles by adding the role to the meta/main.yml file of your own role:

dependencies:
  - { role: elao.cron }

Role Handlers

Name	Type	Description
cron restart	Service	Restart cron service

Role Variables

Name	Default	Type	Description
elao_cron_jobs.name		string	Description of crontab entry. Must be unique.
elao_cron_jobs.job		string	The command to execute. Required if state=present
elao_cron_jobs.minute	*	string	Minute when the job should run (0-59, *, */2, etc)
elao_cron_jobs.hour	*	string	Hour when the job should run (0-23, *, */2, etc)
elao_cron_jobs.day	*	string	Day of the month the job should run (1-31, *, */2, etc)
elao_cron_jobs.month	*	string	Month of the year the job should run (1-12, *, */2, etc)
elao_cron_jobs.weekday	*	string	Day of the week that the job should run (0-6 for Sunday-Saturday, *, etc)
elao_cron_jobs.cron_file		string	If specified, uses this file in cron.d instead of an individual user's crontab.
elao_cron_jobs.user	root	string	The specific user whose crontab should be modified.
elao_cron_jobs.state	present	string	Whether to ensure the job is present or absent.

Configuration example

elao_cron_jobs:
  # Ensure a job that runs at 2 and 5 exists.
  # Creates an entry like "0 5,2 * * ls -alh > /dev/null"
  - name: check dirs
    minute: 0
    hour: 5,2
    job: "ls -alh > /dev/null"
  # Ensure an old job is no longer present. Removes any job that is prefixed
  # by "#Ansible: an old job" from the crontab
  - name: an old job"
    state: absent

Example playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: elao.cron }

Licence

MIT

Author information

ELAO (http://www.elao.com/)