Hello Tim:
Just like you would when manually adding a cronjob you should have '*/30',
so your resource should look like this.
cron { "facts-cron":
command => "/usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml",
user => 'root',
hour => 0,
minute => '*/30'
}
Hope this helps!
Joey
On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 5:55:58 PM UTC-5, bluethundr wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I'm attempting to setup a cron job via the cron resource in puppet.
>
> This is what I'm trying to express via puppet:
>
> */30 * * * * /usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml
>
> This is what I've tried:
>
> cron { "facts-cron":
> command => "/usr/bin/facter -y > /etc/mcollective/facts.yaml",
> user => 'root',
> hour => 0,
> minute => '0/30'
> }
>
> And this is the error I'm getting:
>
> Error: Failed to apply catalog: Parameter minute failed on
> Cron[facts-cron]: 0/30 is not a valid minute at
> /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/mcollective/manifests/config.pp:18
> Wrapped exception:
> 0/30 is not a valid minute
>
> What's the best way to ask for a cron job to run every 30 minutes in
> pupppet-ese?
>
> Thank you,
> Tim
>
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