Deploy Monitored Cron Jobs with Ansible

The Problem

Deploying cron jobs across multiple servers without monitoring means failures on any server go undetected.

The Solution

Use Ansible's cron module to deploy jobs with built-in CronRabbit monitoring pings. Each server gets its own monitor.

Ansible Pattern

Use variables to pass CronRabbit ping URLs per host/environment. The cron module handles installation and the monitoring is baked in.

Code Examples

Ansible playbook with monitoring

Bash

# deploy_crons.yml
- hosts: web_servers
  vars:
    cronrabbit_backup_ping: "https://ping.cronrabbit.com/backup-{{ inventory_hostname }}"
  tasks:
    - name: Deploy nightly backup with monitoring
      ansible.builtin.cron:
        name: "Nightly Backup"
        hour: "2"
        minute: "0"
        job: "/scripts/backup.sh && curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 --retry-all-errors {{ cronrabbit_backup_ping }}"

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