community.missing_collection.cron_info_module.rst

community.missing_collection.cron_info

Get Information from Crontab.

Version added: 0.4.0

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Get Information from Crontab.
• https://pypi.org/project/python-crontab/

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python-crontab
• re

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
get_crons_by_command boolean	Choices: no yes	get list of cron which matches to match_string command and given user/tabfile.
get_crons_by_comment boolean	Choices: no yes	get list of cron which matches to match_string comment and given user/tabfile.
get_crons_by_time boolean	Choices: no yes	get list of cron which matches to match_string time and given user/tabfile.
list_all_crons boolean	Choices: no yes	get list of all crons for given user/tabfile.
match_string string		it can be a string. it can be regex when use_regex.
schedule string		cron schedule pattern and used when validate_cron_time. example 4 16 * * *
tabfile string		crontab file location on system. mutually exclusive to user.
use_regex string		filter crons based on python regex. can be used when get_crons_by_command and get_crons_by_comment.
user string	Default: "dpal"	crontab user. mutually exclusive to tabfile.
validate_cron_time boolean	Choices: no yes	validate cron schedule or time format?

Examples

- name: get all crons for dpal user
  community.missing_collection.cron_info:
    list_all_crons: true
    user: 'dpal'

- name: get all crons by command for dpal user (python command)
  community.missing_collection.cron_info:
    get_crons_by_command: true
    user: 'dpal'
    match_string: '.py'

- name: get all crons by comment for dpal user
  community.missing_collection.cron_info:
    get_crons_by_comment: true
    user: 'dpal'
    match_string: 'python'

- name: get all crons by time for dpal user
  community.missing_collection.cron_info:
    get_crons_by_time: true
    user: 'dpal'
    match_string: '4 16 * * *'

- name: check if given crontime is valid or not
  community.missing_collection.cron_info:
    validate_cron_time: true
    schedule: '2 14 * * *'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
cron list	when success and not validate_cron_time.	list of the cron jobs Sample: [{'command': 'ls -alh > /dev/null', 'comment': 'check dirs', 'enabled': True, 'marker': 'Ansible', 'slices': '0 2,5 * * *', 'special': False, 'user': 'None', 'valid': True}]
valid boolean	when validate_cron_time and success.	validate given cron schedule/time. Sample: True

Status

Authors

• Davinder Pal (@116davinder) <dpsangwal@gmail.com>