lineinfile wants to add the line if it is not "present". You can collapse these
two tasks into a single task using just linieinfile.
Remember that each task is describing an "desired state". In a single task you
can look for and add the line if missing. If it is present the task will make
no change. if it is missing the task will add it.
Walter
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Walter Rowe, Division Chief
Infrastructure Services, OISM
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On Jun 28, 2023, at 10:55 AM, Kathy L <lyonsf...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am checking to see if a cron job exists and if it doesn't, add it. Because
we use random times (for both hours and minutes) I cannot search for the entire
line. Here is what I have:
- name: UPDATE_WAZUH
lineinfile:
path: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
regexp: "find /var/log/nginx/nginx_error.log"
state: present
register: remove_nginx_logs
- name: UPDATE_WAZUH
cron:
name: "empty nginx logs"
minute: "{{ 59|random }}"
hour: "{{ 23|random }}"
job: 'find /var/log/nginx/nginx_error.log -name "*.gz" -type f -mtime
+15 -delete'
when: remove_wazuh_logs is defined
One of the errors I get is:
line is required with state=present
When I try adding line to lineinfile like this:
- name: UPDATE_WAZUH
lineinfile:
path: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
regexp: "find /var/log/nginx/nginx_error.log"
state: present
line: 'find /var/log/nginx/nginx_error.log -name "*.gz" -type f -mtime
+15 -delete'
register: remove_nginx_logs
It still fails. How can I accomplish this?
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