Cron module

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Hello,

It’s not possible to install cron module for manage crontab.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/cron_module.html?highlight=cron#requirements

pip install cron

I’ve this issue :

playbook pip install cron -vvv
Created temporary directory: /tmp/pip-ephem-wheel-cache-InQUZ3
Created temporary directory: /tmp/pip-req-tracker-0n5EY5
Created requirements tracker ‘/tmp/pip-req-tracker-0n5EY5’
Created temporary directory: /tmp/pip-install-osV5Xu
Collecting cron
1 location(s) to search for versions of cron:

  • https://pypi.org/simple/cron/
    Getting page https://pypi.org/simple/cron/
    Looking up “https://pypi.org/simple/cron/” in the cache
    Request header has “max_age” as 0, cache bypassed
    Starting new HTTPS connection (1): pypi.org:443
    https://pypi.org:443 “GET /simple/cron/ HTTP/1.1” 304 0
    Analyzing links from page https://pypi.org/simple/cron/
    Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement cron (from versions: )
    Cleaning up…
    Removed build tracker ‘/tmp/pip-req-tracker-0n5EY5’
    No matching distribution found for cron
    Exception information:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py”, line 143, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py”, line 318, in run
    resolver.resolve(requirement_set)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/resolve.py”, line 102, in resolve
    self._resolve_one(requirement_set, req)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/resolve.py”, line 256, in _resolve_one
    abstract_dist = self._get_abstract_dist_for(req_to_install)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/resolve.py”, line 209, in _get_abstract_dist_for
    self.require_hashes
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py”, line 218, in prepare_linked_requirement
    req.populate_link(finder, upgrade_allowed, require_hashes)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/req/req_install.py”, line 164, in populate_link
    self.link = finder.find_requirement(self, upgrade)
    File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_internal/index.py”, line 621, in find_requirement
    ‘No matching distribution found for %s’ % req
    DistributionNotFound: No matching distribution found for cron

On this URL https://pypi.org/simple/cron/, i can’t find any file for the cron module.

Can you help me ?

Fabien

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Hi,

It's not possible to install cron module for manage crontab.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/cron_module.html?highlight=cron#requirements

it is not a Python requirement. You usually don't need to install
anything. I've been using the cron module for years without having ever
installed anything for it.

Cheers,
Felix

install cron

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Thanks for your answer.
It’s confirm that, not need Python module
My issue was due on space in my playbook. :frowning:

Best regards.

Fabien