[CRON module] Add Support for Env Variables, eg MailTo, as in Bash Cron. about ansible-modules-core HOT 6 CLOSED

Hi,

Thanks for filing this ticket, though this is an issue, but not a pull request. Can you make it as a pull request?

Thanks!

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+1 on addressing this in the cron module, setting env through the module would be very useful

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👍 This would be a highly useful feature.

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workaround so far is to place env vars inline into crontab file, then use command module to register that cron job.

If your variables are static this should be easy-peasy, and if you need to set them based on other values such as staging/production, use the jinja2 template module combined with vars_files and define the corresponding env from the command line when running the playbook.

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FYI, this issue is addressable via cronvar module

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A pull request incorporating this into Ansible's core cron module was accepted just last week:
#2010

Once that's released, I don't see a need for the cronvar module, and filed an issue suggesting it be deprecated: ansible/ansible-modules-extras#1779

If you have a use case supported by cronvar that's not supported by cron (once this PR makes it into a public release) then probably a good idea to comment on the issue above.

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