puppet-module-cron

Manage the cron configuration files :

• /etc/crontab
• /etc/cron.allow
• /etc/cron.deny
• /etc/cron.d/
• /etc/cron.daily
• /etc/cron.weekly
• /etc/cron.monthly
• /etc/cron.yearly

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Compatibility

This module has been tested to work on the following systems with Puppet v3 and Ruby versions 1.8.7, 1.9.3 and 2.0.0.

• EL 5
• EL 6
• SLES 10
• SLES 11
• Ubuntu 12
• Debian 7

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Parameters

A value of 'undef' will use the defaults specified by the module.

enable_cron

Boolean to enable the service cron. Valid values are true, false

• Default: true

package_ensure

What state the package should be in. Valid values are 'present', 'absent', 'purged', 'held' and 'latest'.

• Default: 'present'

ensure_state

What state the cron service should be in. Valid values are 'running' and 'stopped'.

• Default: 'running'

crontab_path

crontab's path.

• Default: '/etc/crontab'

cron_allow

If the file cron.allow exists, only users listed in it are allowed to use cron, and the cron.deny file is ignored. Valid values are 'present' and 'absent'.

• Default: 'absent'

cron_deny

If cron.allow does not exist, users listed in cron.deny are not allowed to use cron. Valid values are 'present' and 'absent'.

• Default: 'absent'

cron_allow_path

Path of cron.allow.

• Default: '/etc/cron.allow'

cron_deny_path

Path of cron.deny.

• Default: '/etc/cron.deny'

crontab_vars

Defines the crontab variables SHELL, PATH, MAILTO, HOME. if this variable is undef the module will use the values defined in crontab template which are SHELL=/bin/bash, PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin, MAILTO=root, HOME=/, valid value is hash.

• Default: undef

crontab_tasks

Define crontab tasks. valid value is hash.

• Default: undef

Sample usage:

Define crontab variables

cron::crontab_vars:
  SHELL: /bin/bash
  PATH: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
  MAILTO: root
  HOME: /root

Create /etc/cron.daily/daily_task

cron::cron_files:
     'daily_task':
       ensure_cron: 'present'
       type: "daily"
       cron_content: |-
            #!/bin/bash
            # This File is managed by puppet
            script
            .
            EOF

Manage /etc/cron.allow

cron::cron_allow: 'true'
cron::cron_allow_users:
     - user1

Manage /etc/cron.deny

cron::cron_deny: 'present'
cron::cron_deny_users:
     - user1

Manage /etc/crontab

cron::crontab_tasks:
   'task1':
    - "* 12 * * 7 username echo 'Hello World'"
    - "2 2 * * 6 username echo 'tes'"
   'task2':
    - "* 6 * * 7 root echo 'test'"