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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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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"
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