# newbie question - cronvar / extras modules

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question-cronvar-extras-modules/19155>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 1, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question-cronvar-extras-modules/19155 "2015-09-01T12:02:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ross\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Ross\_Black](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ross_Black)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question-cronvar-extras-modules/19155/1 "2015-09-01T12:02:37Z")

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Hi,

I have just started using Ansible, and would like some help with using cronvar.

When I attempt to use cronvar I get an error message: ‘ERROR: cronvar is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler’  
If I run ‘ansible-doc cronvar’ I get the message: ‘module cronvar not found in …’  
cronvar is not in the set of modules listed with ‘ansible-doc -l’  
Other extras modules are available (e.g. [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/facter\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/facter_module.html))

From reading the docs ([http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/cronvar\_module.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/cronvar_module.html)) cronvar is an extras module which should already be shipped/installed with ansible.

I am running ansible 1.9.2, which I installed via pip.  
(I could not see any cronvar code under /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible)

Have I missed something during installation or configuration? Has cronvar been removed or replaced with something else?

Thanks,  
Ross

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question-cronvar-extras-modules/19155/2 "2015-09-01T12:31:40Z")

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As the doc says 'new in version 2.0'

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**Author:** ![Ross\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Ross\_Black](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ross_Black)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/newbie-question-cronvar-extras-modules/19155/3 "2015-09-01T23:48:56Z")

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thanks - I was assuming the doc was for the latest released version.  
I will know to look for that next time. 🙂