Deployer: Add cron management to deployer

[sdboer78]

| Q | A
| ----------------- | ---
| Issue Type | Feature Request

Description

Add cron management to deployer like: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cron_module.html

[lashae]

@antonmedv Is there any progress or ETA for this issue?

[antonmedv]

Some progress already done on this issue (but not in public repo). Now I'm actively working on Deployer CI project, after will be more time for v7.

[cedricverhaeghe]

For the time being I created a custom task that reads cronjobs from a local txt file and installs them on the server.
Modify to your liking.

task('deploy:cronjobs', function () {
    run("echo '' | crontab -");
    $cron_file = file('cronjobs.txt');
    foreach ($cron_file as $line) {
        $line = trim(str_replace("\n", "", $line));
        run("(crontab -l; echo \"".$line."\") | crontab -");
    }
})->desc('Install the necessary cronjobs');

[cafferata]

We solved it at @JCID by adding the complete crontab file to the GIT repository and load the full file from there (only in production mode).

task(
    'cronjob:install',
    function () {
        if (Context::get()->getEnvironment()->get('env') === 'prod') {
            run('crontab /path/to/the/crontab/file');
        }
    }
)->desc('Install cronjobs');

I hope it helps you further on! Cheers!

[bolechen]

task('cronjob:install', function () {
    run('crontab {{release_path}}/conf/crontab.conf');
})->desc('Install cronjobs')->onStage('prod');

[loevgaard]

For people finding this on Google and wants a little more functionality than the recipe in the contribs folder, here is a lib that will help you out: https://github.com/Setono/deployer-cron