cron

Install cron and scedule jobs on your system.

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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: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  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: yes
  gather_facts: no

  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