Ansible Role: Cron

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This role will deal with the setup of Cron.

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

Requirements

None.

Dependencies

None.

Installation

Ansible 2+

Using ansible galaxy cli:

ansible-galaxy install manala.cron

Using ansible galaxy requirements file:

- src: manala.cron

Role Handlers

Name	Type	Description
`cron restart	Service	Restart cron service

Role Variables

Name	Default	Type	Description
`manala_cron_install_packages`	~	Array	Dependency packages to install
`manala_cron_install_packages_default`	['cron']	Array	Default dependency packages to install
`manala_cron_files`	[]	Array	Cron files collection

Configuration example

manala_cron_files:
  - file: app
    user: foo
    env:
      FOO: foo
    # Deprecated
    environment:
      - BAR: bar
    jobs:
      # Do foo bar
      - name:   foo-bar
        job:    "php /srv/app/bin/console app:foo:bar"
        minute: 0
        hour:   7

Example playbook

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

Licence

MIT

Author information

Manala (http://www.manala.io/)

mroberts14/ansible-role-cron