win_scheduled_task : run the scheduled task every minute

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Team,

Is there any option to run the scheduled task every minute. in the documentation i see the frequency is either once or daily or weekly

I am referring to “Advance Settings” from Trigger of Windows Scheduled task

Thanks.

2

In the latest release it isn’t possible to do with the current win_scheduled_task module. For 2.5 the module was drastically rewritten and supports this scenario, you can find the latest docs for it here http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/modules/win_scheduled_task_module.html.

Using your example this is how it could possibly be done with the new format in 2.5

`

  • name: create scheduled task to run every minute
    win_scheduled_task:
    name: task name here
    actions:
  • path: cmd.exe
    arguments: /c echo hello world
    triggers:
  • type: registration
    repetition:
  • interval: PT1M
    duration: ‘’ # an empty value should mean it last infinitely

`


What this means is that a task that run "cmd.exe /c echo hello world" will create a registration trigger and run that every minute indefinitely. The registration trigger just means start the task on registration.

Thanks

Jordan
3

Thanks Jordan,

We are still evaluating on moving to 2.5. Do we have any workaround in 2.0

Thanks.

4

Not in any easy idempotent way unfortunately, you have some options, you could;

  • Use win_command/win_shell to create the task but the COM API used can get quite complex and dealing with idempotency would be difficult
  • You can copy the newer version of the module https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_scheduled_task.ps1 to a directory called library and use it like you would when 2.5 is out. It is best to name the module with a special suffix so you know that it is a custom version and not the builtin module used in Ansible.

Thanks

Jordan

5

Thanks Jordan i will go ahead with your suggestion