#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # # (c) 2012, Dane Summers # # This file is part of Ansible # # Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . # Cron Plugin: The goal of this plugin is to provide an indempotent method for # setting up cron jobs on a host. The script will play well with other manually # entered crons. Each cron job entered will be preceded with a comment # describing the job so that it can be found later, which is required to be # present in order for this plugin to find/modify the job. DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- module: cron short_description: Manage crontab entries. description: - Use this module to manage crontab entries. This module allows you to create named crontab entries, update, or delete them. - 'The module include one line with the description of the crontab entry "#Ansible: " corresponding to the "name" passed to the module, which is used by future ansible/module calls to find/check the state.' version_added: "0.9" options: name: description: - Description of a crontab entry. required: true default: aliases: [] user: description: - The specific user who's crontab should be modified. required: false default: root aliases: [] job: description: - The command to execute. - Required if state=present. required: false default: aliases: [] state: description: - Whether to ensure the job is present or absent. required: false default: present aliases: [] backup: description: - If set, then create a backup of the crontab before it is modified. - The location of the backup is returned in the 'backup' variable by this module. required: false default: false aliases: [] minute: description: - Minute when the job should run ( 0-59, *, */2, etc ) required: false default: "*" aliases: [] hour: description: - Hour when the job should run ( 0-23, *, */2, etc ) required: false default: "*" aliases: [] day: description: - Day of the month the job should run ( 1-31, *, */2, etc ) required: false default: "*" aliases: [] month: description: - Month of the year the job should run ( 1-12, *, */2, etc ) required: false default: "*" aliases: [] weekday: description: - Day of the week that the job should run ( 0-7 for Sunday - Saturday, or mon, tue, * etc ) required: false default: "*" aliases: [] examples: - code: 'cron: name="check dirs" hour="5,2" job="ls -alh > /dev/null"' description: Ensure a job that runs at 2 and 5 exists. Creates an entry like "* 5,2 * * ls -alh > /dev/null" - code: 'cron: name="an old job" cron job="/some/dir/job.sh" state=absent' description: 'Ensure an old job is no longer present. Removes any job that is preceded by "#Ansible: an old job" in the crontab' requirements: cron author: Dane Summers ''' import re import tempfile def get_jobs_file(user,tmpfile): cmd = "crontab -l %s > %s" % (user,tmpfile) cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (out, err) = cmd.communicate() rc = cmd.returncode return (rc, out, err) def install_jobs(user,tmpfile): cmd = "crontab %s %s" % (user,tmpfile) cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (out, err) = cmd.communicate() rc = cmd.returncode return (rc, out, err) def get_jobs(tmpfile): lines = open(tmpfile).read().splitlines() comment = None jobs = [] for l in lines: if comment is not None: jobs.append([comment,l]) comment = None elif re.match( r'#Ansible: ',l): comment = re.sub( r'#Ansible: ', '', l) return jobs def find_job(name,tmpfile): jobs = get_jobs(tmpfile) for j in jobs: if j[0] == name: return j return [] def add_job(name,job,tmpfile): cmd = "echo \"#Ansible: %s\n%s\" >> %s" % (name,job,tmpfile) cmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (out, err) = cmd.communicate() rc = cmd.returncode return (rc, out, err) def update_job(name,job,tmpfile): return _update_job(name,job,tmpfile,do_add_job) def do_add_job (lines, comment, job): lines.append(comment) lines.append(job) def remove_job(name,tmpfile): return _update_job(name,"",tmpfile,do_remove_job) def do_remove_job(lines,comment,job): return None def _update_job(name,job,tmpfile,addlinesfunction): ansiblename="#Ansible: %s" % (name) f = open(tmpfile) lines = f.read().splitlines() newlines = [] comment = None for l in lines: if comment is not None: addlinesfunction(newlines,comment,job) comment = None elif l == ansiblename: comment = l else: newlines.append(l) f.close() f = open(tmpfile,'w') for l in newlines: f.write(l) f.write('\n') f.close() return (0,"","") # TODO add some more error testing def main(): # The following example playbooks: # - action: cron name="check dirs" hour="5,2" job="ls -alh > /dev/null" # - name: do the job # action: name="do the job" cron hour="5,2" job="/some/dir/job.sh" # - name: no job # action: name="an old job" cron job="/some/dir/job.sh" state=absent # # Would produce: # # Ansible: check dirs # * * 5,2 * * ls -alh > /dev/null # # Ansible: do the job # * * 5,2 * * /some/dir/job.sh # Function: # 1. dump the existing cron: # crontab -l -u > /tmp/tmpfile # 2. search for comment "^# Ansible: " followed by a cron. # 3. if absent: remove if present (and say modified), otherwise return with no mod. # 4. if present: if the same return no mod, if not present add (and say mod), if different add (and say mod) # 5. Install new cron (if mod): # crontab -u /tmp/tmpfile # 6. return mod module = AnsibleModule( argument_spec = dict( name=dict(required=True), user=dict(required=False), job=dict(required=False), state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']), backup=dict(default=False, choices=BOOLEANS), minute=dict(default='*'), hour=dict(default='*'), day=dict(default='*'), month=dict(default='*'), weekday=dict(default='*') ) ) backup = module.boolean(module.params.get('backup', False)) name = module.params['name'] user = module.params['user'] job = module.params['job'] minute = module.params['minute'] hour = module.params['hour'] day = module.params['day'] month = module.params['month'] weekday = module.params['weekday'] do_install = module.params['state'] == 'present' changed = False job = "%s %s %s %s %s %s" % (minute,hour,day,month,weekday,job) if not user: user = "" else: user = "-u %s" % (user) rc, out, err, status = (0, None, None, None) if job is None and do_install: module.fail_json(msg="You must specify 'job' to install a new cron job") tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() (rc, out, err) = get_jobs_file(user,tmpfile.name) if rc != 0 and rc != 1: # 1 can mean that there are no jobs. module.fail_json(msg=err) (handle,backupfile) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='crontab') (rc, out, err) = get_jobs_file(user,backupfile) if rc != 0 and rc != 1: module.fail_json(msg=err) old_job = find_job(name,backupfile) if do_install: if len(old_job) == 0: (rc, out, err) = add_job(name,job,tmpfile.name) changed = True if len(old_job) > 0 and old_job[1] != job: (rc, out, err) = update_job(name,job,tmpfile.name) changed = True else: if len(old_job) > 0: (rc, out, err) = remove_job(name,tmpfile.name) changed = True if (rc != 0): module.fail_json(msg=err) if changed: if backup: module.backup_local(backupfile) (rc, out, err) = install_jobs(user,tmpfile.name) if (rc != 0): module.fail_json(msg=err) jobnames = [] for j in get_jobs(tmpfile.name): jobnames.append(j[0]) tmpfile.close() if not backup: module.exit_json(changed=changed,jobs=jobnames) else: module.exit_json(changed=changed,jobs=jobnames,backup=backupfile) # include magic from lib/ansible/module_common.py #<> main()