puppet cron help

[Tim Dunphy]

Hey all,

I'm attempting to setup a cron job via the cron resource in puppet. 

This is what I'm trying to express via puppet:

*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml

This is what I've tried:

cron { "facts-cron":

           command => "/usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml",

           user    => 'root',

           hour    => 0,

           minute  => '0/30'

       }

And this is the error I'm getting:

Error: Failed to apply catalog: Parameter minute failed on Cron[facts-cron]: 0/30 is not a valid minute at /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/mcollective/manifests/config.pp:18

Wrapped exception:

0/30 is not a valid minute

What's the best way to ask for a cron job to run every 30 minutes in pupppet-ese?

Thank you,

Tim

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[Cristian Falcas]

https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#cron

cron { logrotate:
command => "/usr/sbin/logrotate",
user => root,
hour => ['2-4'],
minute => '*/10'

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[Joseph Karns]

Hello Tim:

Just like you would when manually adding a cronjob you should have '*/30', so your resource should look like this.

cron { "facts-cron":

  command => "/usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml",

  user    => 'root',

  hour    => 0,

  minute  => '*/30'

}

Hope this helps!
Joey

[Tim Dunphy]

Hey Joey & Christian,

Just like you would when manually adding a cronjob you should have '*/30', so your resource should look like this.
cron { "facts-cron":
  command => "/usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml",
  user    => 'root',
  hour    => 0,
  minute  => '*/30'
}
Hope this helps!

 Very cool guys. Thanks for the examples! This helps. 

Best!

Tim

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[keith....@gmail.com]

On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 5:55:58 PM UTC-5, bluethundr wrote:

You can also try this:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/puppet-users/PZMv4hGpKiM


 

[Tim Dunphy]

You can also try this:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/puppet-users/PZMv4hGpKiM

Cool! Thank you, Keith! 

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