# Cron module **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 12, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cron-module/29005 "2018-11-12T12:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![f.second](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@f.second](https://forum.ansible.com/u/f.second)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cron-module/29005/1 "2018-11-12T12:56:52Z")
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](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/](https://pypi.org/simple/cron/) Getting page [https://pypi.org/simple/cron/](https://pypi.org/simple/cron/) Looking up “[https://pypi.org/simple/cron/](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](http://pypi.org:443) [https://pypi.org:443](https://pypi.org:443) “GET /simple/cron/ HTTP/1.1” 304 0 Analyzing links from page [https://pypi.org/simple/cron/](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/](https://pypi.org/simple/cron/), i can’t find any file for the cron module. Can you help me ? Fabien ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cron-module/29005/2 "2018-11-12T12:59:02Z")
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](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 ---
**Author:** ![f.second](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@f.second](https://forum.ansible.com/u/f.second)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cron-module/29005/3 "2018-11-12T13:12:05Z")
Thanks for your answer. It’s confirm that, not need Python module My issue was due on space in my playbook. ☹ Best regards. Fabien