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Using Ansible Modules to Manage Scheduled Tasks in Your Environment

Cron jobs are tools that help system administrators automate tasks. The downside is that configuring them across hundreds of systems is a daunting task. Ansible has a module to help here as well. This hands-on lab will help you understand how that module is configured. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

15m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Write a Playbook to Create a Weekly YUM Update Job in Cron
Your playbook entry for this job should look similar to this:
```
  - cron:
     name: "Weekly YUM Update"
     special_time: weekly
     job: "/usr/bin/yum update -y"
```
Challenge

Write a Playbook to Execute /usr/bin/status on Reboot
This section of your playbook should look like this:
```
  - cron:
     name: "Reboot Status"
     special_time: reboot
     job: "/usr/bin/status"
```
Challenge

Write a Playbook to Execute /usr/bin/faillock_report at the Required Time
This section of the playbook should look like this:
```
  - cron:
     name: "Faillock Report"
     job: /usr/bin/faillock_report
     weekday: "1,3,5"
     minute: "30"
     hour: "7"
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.