--- - name: (cron.yml) Define candidate paths for root crontab PATH ansible.builtin.set_fact: cron_root_path_candidates: - /root/bin/admin-stuff - /root/bin - /usr/local/apache2/bin - /usr/local/php/bin - /usr/local/sbin - /usr/local/bin - /usr/sbin - /usr/bin - /sbin - /bin tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Check candidate paths for root crontab PATH ansible.builtin.stat: path: "{{ item }}" loop: "{{ cron_root_path_candidates }}" register: cron_root_path_stats tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Build validated root crontab PATH ansible.builtin.set_fact: cron_root_path: >- {{ cron_root_path_stats.results | selectattr('stat.exists') | map(attribute='stat.path') | join(':') }} tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Check if root crontab already exists ansible.builtin.stat: path: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root register: root_crontab_file tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Initialize root crontab with default header and env vars ansible.builtin.copy: dest: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root owner: root group: crontab mode: '0600' content: | # Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron. # # Each task to run has to be defined through a single line # indicating with different fields when the task will be run # and what command to run for the task # # To define the time you can provide concrete values for # minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon), # and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any'). # # Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system # daemon's notion of time and timezones. # # Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through # email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected). # # For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts # at 5 a.m every week with: # 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/ # PATH={{ cron_root_path }} SHELL=/bin/bash when: - not root_crontab_file.stat.exists tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Set env entries in user crontabs cron: name: '{{ item.name }}' env: 'yes' user: '{{ item.user | default("root", true) }}' job: '{{ item.job }}' insertafter: '{{ item.insertafter | default(omit) }}' loop: "{{ cron_env_entries }}" loop_control: label: '{{ item.name }}' when: item.job is defined tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Set special time entries in user crontabs cron: name: '{{ item.name }}' special_time: '{{ item.special_time }}' user: '{{ item.user | default("root", true) }}' job: '{{ item.job }}' state: present loop: "{{ cron_user_special_time_entries }}" loop_control: label: '{{ item.name }}' when: item.job is defined tags: - user_crontab - name: (cron.yml) Set normal entries in user crontabs cron: name: '{{ item.name }}' minute: '{{ item.minute | default(omit) }}' hour: '{{ item.hour | default("root", true) }}' day: '{{ day | default(omit) }}' weekday: '{{ item.weekday | default(omit) }}' month: '{{ item.month | default(omit) }}' job: '{{ item.job }}' loop: "{{ cron_user_entries }}" loop_control: label: '{{ item.name }}' when: item.job is defined tags: - user_crontab