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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2012, Dane Summers <dsummers@pinedesk.biz>
+# Copyright: (c) 2013, Mike Grozak <mike.grozak@gmail.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2013, Patrick Callahan <pmc@patrickcallahan.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2015, Evan Kaufman <evan@digitalflophouse.com>
+# Copyright: (c) 2015, Luca Berruti <nadirio@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: cron
+short_description: Manage cron.d and crontab entries
+description:
+ - Use this module to manage crontab and environment variables entries. This module allows
+ you to create environment variables and named crontab entries, update, or delete them.
+ - 'When crontab jobs are managed: the module includes one line with the description of the
+ crontab entry C("#Ansible: <name>") corresponding to the "name" passed to the module,
+ which is used by future ansible/module calls to find/check the state. The "name"
+ parameter should be unique, and changing the "name" value will result in a new cron
+ task being created (or a different one being removed).'
+ - When environment variables are managed, no comment line is added, but, when the module
+ needs to find/check the state, it uses the "name" parameter to find the environment
+ variable definition line.
+ - When using symbols such as %, they must be properly escaped.
+version_added: "0.9"
+options:
+ name:
+ description:
+ - Description of a crontab entry or, if env is set, the name of environment variable.
+ - This parameter is always required as of ansible-core 2.12.
+ type: str
+ required: yes
+ user:
+ description:
+ - The specific user whose crontab should be modified.
+ - When unset, this parameter defaults to the current user.
+ type: str
+ job:
+ description:
+ - The command to execute or, if env is set, the value of environment variable.
+ - The command should not contain line breaks.
+ - Required if I(state=present).
+ type: str
+ aliases: [ value ]
+ state:
+ description:
+ - Whether to ensure the job or environment variable is present or absent.
+ type: str
+ choices: [ absent, present ]
+ default: present
+ cron_file:
+ description:
+ - If specified, uses this file instead of an individual user's crontab.
+ The assumption is that this file is exclusively managed by the module,
+ do not use if the file contains multiple entries, NEVER use for /etc/crontab.
+ - If this is a relative path, it is interpreted with respect to I(/etc/cron.d).
+ - Many linux distros expect (and some require) the filename portion to consist solely
+ of upper- and lower-case letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens.
+ - Using this parameter requires you to specify the I(user) as well, unless I(state) is not I(present).
+ - Either this parameter or I(name) is required
+ type: path
+ backup:
+ description:
+ - If set, create a backup of the crontab before it is modified.
+ The location of the backup is returned in the C(backup_file) variable by this module.
+ type: bool
+ default: no
+ minute:
+ description:
+ - Minute when the job should run (C(0-59), C(*), C(*/2), and so on).
+ type: str
+ default: "*"
+ hour:
+ description:
+ - Hour when the job should run (C(0-23), C(*), C(*/2), and so on).
+ type: str
+ default: "*"
+ day:
+ description:
+ - Day of the month the job should run (C(1-31), C(*), C(*/2), and so on).
+ type: str
+ default: "*"
+ aliases: [ dom ]
+ month:
+ description:
+ - Month of the year the job should run (C(1-12), C(*), C(*/2), and so on).
+ type: str
+ default: "*"
+ weekday:
+ description:
+ - Day of the week that the job should run (C(0-6) for Sunday-Saturday, C(*), and so on).
+ type: str
+ default: "*"
+ aliases: [ dow ]
+ special_time:
+ description:
+ - Special time specification nickname.
+ type: str
+ choices: [ annually, daily, hourly, monthly, reboot, weekly, yearly ]
+ version_added: "1.3"
+ disabled:
+ description:
+ - If the job should be disabled (commented out) in the crontab.
+ - Only has effect if I(state=present).
+ type: bool
+ default: no
+ version_added: "2.0"
+ env:
+ description:
+ - If set, manages a crontab's environment variable.
+ - New variables are added on top of crontab.
+ - I(name) and I(value) parameters are the name and the value of environment variable.
+ type: bool
+ default: false
+ version_added: "2.1"
+ insertafter:
+ description:
+ - Used with I(state=present) and I(env).
+ - If specified, the environment variable will be inserted after the declaration of specified environment variable.
+ type: str
+ version_added: "2.1"
+ insertbefore:
+ description:
+ - Used with I(state=present) and I(env).
+ - If specified, the environment variable will be inserted before the declaration of specified environment variable.
+ type: str
+ version_added: "2.1"
+requirements:
+ - cron (any 'vixie cron' conformant variant, like cronie)
+author:
+ - Dane Summers (@dsummersl)
+ - Mike Grozak (@rhaido)
+ - Patrick Callahan (@dirtyharrycallahan)
+ - Evan Kaufman (@EvanK)
+ - Luca Berruti (@lberruti)
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+ - action_common_attributes
+attributes:
+ check_mode:
+ support: full
+ diff_mode:
+ support: full
+ platform:
+ support: full
+ platforms: posix
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: Ensure a job that runs at 2 and 5 exists. Creates an entry like "0 5,2 * * ls -alh > /dev/null"
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: "check dirs"
+ minute: "0"
+ hour: "5,2"
+ job: "ls -alh > /dev/null"
+
+- name: 'Ensure an old job is no longer present. Removes any job that is prefixed by "#Ansible: an old job" from the crontab'
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: "an old job"
+ state: absent
+
+- name: Creates an entry like "@reboot /some/job.sh"
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: "a job for reboot"
+ special_time: reboot
+ job: "/some/job.sh"
+
+- name: Creates an entry like "PATH=/opt/bin" on top of crontab
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: PATH
+ env: yes
+ job: /opt/bin
+
+- name: Creates an entry like "APP_HOME=/srv/app" and insert it after PATH declaration
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: APP_HOME
+ env: yes
+ job: /srv/app
+ insertafter: PATH
+
+- name: Creates a cron file under /etc/cron.d
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: yum autoupdate
+ weekday: "2"
+ minute: "0"
+ hour: "12"
+ user: root
+ job: "YUMINTERACTIVE=0 /usr/sbin/yum-autoupdate"
+ cron_file: ansible_yum-autoupdate
+
+- name: Removes a cron file from under /etc/cron.d
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: "yum autoupdate"
+ cron_file: ansible_yum-autoupdate
+ state: absent
+
+- name: Removes "APP_HOME" environment variable from crontab
+ ansible.builtin.cron:
+ name: APP_HOME
+ env: yes
+ state: absent
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''#'''
+
+import os
+import platform
+import pwd
+import re
+import sys
+import tempfile
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
+
+
+class CronTabError(Exception):
+ pass
+
+
+class CronTab(object):
+ """
+ CronTab object to write time based crontab file
+
+ user - the user of the crontab (defaults to current user)
+ cron_file - a cron file under /etc/cron.d, or an absolute path
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, module, user=None, cron_file=None):
+ self.module = module
+ self.user = user
+ self.root = (os.getuid() == 0)
+ self.lines = None
+ self.ansible = "#Ansible: "
+ self.n_existing = ''
+ self.cron_cmd = self.module.get_bin_path('crontab', required=True)
+
+ if cron_file:
+
+ if os.path.isabs(cron_file):
+ self.cron_file = cron_file
+ self.b_cron_file = to_bytes(cron_file, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+ else:
+ self.cron_file = os.path.join('/etc/cron.d', cron_file)
+ self.b_cron_file = os.path.join(b'/etc/cron.d', to_bytes(cron_file, errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
+ else:
+ self.cron_file = None
+
+ self.read()
+
+ def read(self):
+ # Read in the crontab from the system
+ self.lines = []
+ if self.cron_file:
+ # read the cronfile
+ try:
+ f = open(self.b_cron_file, 'rb')
+ self.n_existing = to_native(f.read(), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+ self.lines = self.n_existing.splitlines()
+ f.close()
+ except IOError:
+ # cron file does not exist
+ return
+ except Exception:
+ raise CronTabError("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
+ else:
+ # using safely quoted shell for now, but this really should be two non-shell calls instead. FIXME
+ (rc, out, err) = self.module.run_command(self._read_user_execute(), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+
+ if rc != 0 and rc != 1: # 1 can mean that there are no jobs.
+ raise CronTabError("Unable to read crontab")
+
+ self.n_existing = out
+
+ lines = out.splitlines()
+ count = 0
+ for l in lines:
+ if count > 2 or (not re.match(r'# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.', l) and
+ not re.match(r'# \(/tmp/.*installed on.*\)', l) and
+ not re.match(r'# \(.*version.*\)', l)):
+ self.lines.append(l)
+ else:
+ pattern = re.escape(l) + '[\r\n]?'
+ self.n_existing = re.sub(pattern, '', self.n_existing, 1)
+ count += 1
+
+ def is_empty(self):
+ if len(self.lines) == 0:
+ return True
+ else:
+ for line in self.lines:
+ if line.strip():
+ return False
+ return True
+
+ def write(self, backup_file=None):
+ """
+ Write the crontab to the system. Saves all information.
+ """
+ if backup_file:
+ fileh = open(backup_file, 'wb')
+ elif self.cron_file:
+ fileh = open(self.b_cron_file, 'wb')
+ else:
+ filed, path = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='crontab')
+ os.chmod(path, int('0644', 8))
+ fileh = os.fdopen(filed, 'wb')
+
+ fileh.write(to_bytes(self.render()))
+ fileh.close()
+
+ # return if making a backup
+ if backup_file:
+ return
+
+ # Add the entire crontab back to the user crontab
+ if not self.cron_file:
+ # quoting shell args for now but really this should be two non-shell calls. FIXME
+ (rc, out, err) = self.module.run_command(self._write_execute(path), use_unsafe_shell=True)
+ os.unlink(path)
+
+ if rc != 0:
+ self.module.fail_json(msg=err)
+
+ # set SELinux permissions
+ if self.module.selinux_enabled() and self.cron_file:
+ self.module.set_default_selinux_context(self.cron_file, False)
+
+ def do_comment(self, name):
+ return "%s%s" % (self.ansible, name)
+
+ def add_job(self, name, job):
+ # Add the comment
+ self.lines.append(self.do_comment(name))
+
+ # Add the job
+ self.lines.append("%s" % (job))
+
+ def update_job(self, name, job):
+ return self._update_job(name, job, self.do_add_job)
+
+ def do_add_job(self, lines, comment, job):
+ lines.append(comment)
+
+ lines.append("%s" % (job))
+
+ def remove_job(self, name):
+ return self._update_job(name, "", self.do_remove_job)
+
+ def do_remove_job(self, lines, comment, job):
+ return None
+
+ def add_env(self, decl, insertafter=None, insertbefore=None):
+ if not (insertafter or insertbefore):
+ self.lines.insert(0, decl)
+ return
+
+ if insertafter:
+ other_name = insertafter
+ elif insertbefore:
+ other_name = insertbefore
+ other_decl = self.find_env(other_name)
+ if len(other_decl) > 0:
+ if insertafter:
+ index = other_decl[0] + 1
+ elif insertbefore:
+ index = other_decl[0]
+ self.lines.insert(index, decl)
+ return
+
+ self.module.fail_json(msg="Variable named '%s' not found." % other_name)
+
+ def update_env(self, name, decl):
+ return self._update_env(name, decl, self.do_add_env)
+
+ def do_add_env(self, lines, decl):
+ lines.append(decl)
+
+ def remove_env(self, name):
+ return self._update_env(name, '', self.do_remove_env)
+
+ def do_remove_env(self, lines, decl):
+ return None
+
+ def remove_job_file(self):
+ try:
+ os.unlink(self.cron_file)
+ return True
+ except OSError:
+ # cron file does not exist
+ return False
+ except Exception:
+ raise CronTabError("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
+
+ def find_job(self, name, job=None):
+ # attempt to find job by 'Ansible:' header comment
+ comment = None
+ for l in self.lines:
+ if comment is not None:
+ if comment == name:
+ return [comment, l]
+ else:
+ comment = None
+ elif re.match(r'%s' % self.ansible, l):
+ comment = re.sub(r'%s' % self.ansible, '', l)
+
+ # failing that, attempt to find job by exact match
+ if job:
+ for i, l in enumerate(self.lines):
+ if l == job:
+ # if no leading ansible header, insert one
+ if not re.match(r'%s' % self.ansible, self.lines[i - 1]):
+ self.lines.insert(i, self.do_comment(name))
+ return [self.lines[i], l, True]
+ # if a leading blank ansible header AND job has a name, update header
+ elif name and self.lines[i - 1] == self.do_comment(None):
+ self.lines[i - 1] = self.do_comment(name)
+ return [self.lines[i - 1], l, True]
+
+ return []
+
+ def find_env(self, name):
+ for index, l in enumerate(self.lines):
+ if re.match(r'^%s=' % name, l):
+ return [index, l]
+
+ return []
+
+ def get_cron_job(self, minute, hour, day, month, weekday, job, special, disabled):
+ # normalize any leading/trailing newlines (ansible/ansible-modules-core#3791)
+ job = job.strip('\r\n')
+
+ if disabled:
+ disable_prefix = '#'
+ else:
+ disable_prefix = ''
+
+ if special:
+ if self.cron_file:
+ return "%s@%s %s %s" % (disable_prefix, special, self.user, job)
+ else:
+ return "%s@%s %s" % (disable_prefix, special, job)
+ else:
+ if self.cron_file:
+ return "%s%s %s %s %s %s %s %s" % (disable_prefix, minute, hour, day, month, weekday, self.user, job)
+ else:
+ return "%s%s %s %s %s %s %s" % (disable_prefix, minute, hour, day, month, weekday, job)
+
+ def get_jobnames(self):
+ jobnames = []
+
+ for l in self.lines:
+ if re.match(r'%s' % self.ansible, l):
+ jobnames.append(re.sub(r'%s' % self.ansible, '', l))
+
+ return jobnames
+
+ def get_envnames(self):
+ envnames = []
+
+ for l in self.lines:
+ if re.match(r'^\S+=', l):
+ envnames.append(l.split('=')[0])
+
+ return envnames
+
+ def _update_job(self, name, job, addlinesfunction):
+ ansiblename = self.do_comment(name)
+ newlines = []
+ comment = None
+
+ for l in self.lines:
+ if comment is not None:
+ addlinesfunction(newlines, comment, job)
+ comment = None
+ elif l == ansiblename:
+ comment = l
+ else:
+ newlines.append(l)
+
+ self.lines = newlines
+
+ if len(newlines) == 0:
+ return True
+ else:
+ return False # TODO add some more error testing
+
+ def _update_env(self, name, decl, addenvfunction):
+ newlines = []
+
+ for l in self.lines:
+ if re.match(r'^%s=' % name, l):
+ addenvfunction(newlines, decl)
+ else:
+ newlines.append(l)
+
+ self.lines = newlines
+
+ def render(self):
+ """
+ Render this crontab as it would be in the crontab.
+ """
+ crons = []
+ for cron in self.lines:
+ crons.append(cron)
+
+ result = '\n'.join(crons)
+ if result:
+ result = result.rstrip('\r\n') + '\n'
+ return result
+
+ def _read_user_execute(self):
+ """
+ Returns the command line for reading a crontab
+ """
+ user = ''
+ if self.user:
+ if platform.system() == 'SunOS':
+ return "su %s -c '%s -l'" % (shlex_quote(self.user), shlex_quote(self.cron_cmd))
+ elif platform.system() == 'AIX':
+ return "%s -l %s" % (shlex_quote(self.cron_cmd), shlex_quote(self.user))
+ elif platform.system() == 'HP-UX':
+ return "%s %s %s" % (self.cron_cmd, '-l', shlex_quote(self.user))
+ elif pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0] != self.user:
+ user = '-u %s' % shlex_quote(self.user)
+ return "%s %s %s" % (self.cron_cmd, user, '-l')
+
+ def _write_execute(self, path):
+ """
+ Return the command line for writing a crontab
+ """
+ user = ''
+ if self.user:
+ if platform.system() in ['SunOS', 'HP-UX', 'AIX']:
+ return "chown %s %s ; su '%s' -c '%s %s'" % (
+ shlex_quote(self.user), shlex_quote(path), shlex_quote(self.user), self.cron_cmd, shlex_quote(path))
+ elif pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0] != self.user:
+ user = '-u %s' % shlex_quote(self.user)
+ return "%s %s %s" % (self.cron_cmd, user, shlex_quote(path))
+
+
+def main():
+ # The following example playbooks:
+ #
+ # - cron: name="check dirs" hour="5,2" job="ls -alh > /dev/null"
+ #
+ # - name: do the job
+ # cron: name="do the job" hour="5,2" job="/some/dir/job.sh"
+ #
+ # - name: no job
+ # cron: name="an old job" state=absent
+ #
+ # - name: sets env
+ # cron: name="PATH" env=yes value="/bin:/usr/bin"
+ #
+ # Would produce:
+ # PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+ # # Ansible: check dirs
+ # * * 5,2 * * ls -alh > /dev/null
+ # # Ansible: do the job
+ # * * 5,2 * * /some/dir/job.sh
+
+ module = AnsibleModule(
+ argument_spec=dict(
+ name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+ user=dict(type='str'),
+ job=dict(type='str', aliases=['value']),
+ cron_file=dict(type='path'),
+ state=dict(type='str', default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
+ backup=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+ minute=dict(type='str', default='*'),
+ hour=dict(type='str', default='*'),
+ day=dict(type='str', default='*', aliases=['dom']),
+ month=dict(type='str', default='*'),
+ weekday=dict(type='str', default='*', aliases=['dow']),
+ special_time=dict(type='str', choices=["reboot", "yearly", "annually", "monthly", "weekly", "daily", "hourly"]),
+ disabled=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+ env=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+ insertafter=dict(type='str'),
+ insertbefore=dict(type='str'),
+ ),
+ supports_check_mode=True,
+ mutually_exclusive=[
+ ['insertafter', 'insertbefore'],
+ ],
+ )
+
+ name = module.params['name']
+ user = module.params['user']
+ job = module.params['job']
+ cron_file = module.params['cron_file']
+ state = module.params['state']
+ backup = module.params['backup']
+ minute = module.params['minute']
+ hour = module.params['hour']
+ day = module.params['day']
+ month = module.params['month']
+ weekday = module.params['weekday']
+ special_time = module.params['special_time']
+ disabled = module.params['disabled']
+ env = module.params['env']
+ insertafter = module.params['insertafter']
+ insertbefore = module.params['insertbefore']
+ do_install = state == 'present'
+
+ changed = False
+ res_args = dict()
+ warnings = list()
+
+ if cron_file:
+
+ if cron_file == '/etc/crontab':
+ module.fail_json(msg="Will not manage /etc/crontab via cron_file, see documentation.")
+
+ cron_file_basename = os.path.basename(cron_file)
+ if not re.search(r'^[A-Z0-9_-]+$', cron_file_basename, re.I):
+ warnings.append('Filename portion of cron_file ("%s") should consist' % cron_file_basename +
+ ' solely of upper- and lower-case letters, digits, underscores, and hyphens')
+
+ # Ensure all files generated are only writable by the owning user. Primarily relevant for the cron_file option.
+ os.umask(int('022', 8))
+ crontab = CronTab(module, user, cron_file)
+
+ module.debug('cron instantiated - name: "%s"' % name)
+
+ if module._diff:
+ diff = dict()
+ diff['before'] = crontab.n_existing
+ if crontab.cron_file:
+ diff['before_header'] = crontab.cron_file
+ else:
+ if crontab.user:
+ diff['before_header'] = 'crontab for user "%s"' % crontab.user
+ else:
+ diff['before_header'] = 'crontab'
+
+ # --- user input validation ---
+
+ if special_time and \
+ (True in [(x != '*') for x in [minute, hour, day, month, weekday]]):
+ module.fail_json(msg="You must specify time and date fields or special time.")
+
+ # cannot support special_time on solaris
+ if special_time and platform.system() == 'SunOS':
+ module.fail_json(msg="Solaris does not support special_time=... or @reboot")
+
+ if do_install:
+ if cron_file and not user:
+ module.fail_json(msg="To use cron_file=... parameter you must specify user=... as well")
+
+ if job is None:
+ module.fail_json(msg="You must specify 'job' to install a new cron job or variable")
+
+ if (insertafter or insertbefore) and not env:
+ module.fail_json(msg="Insertafter and insertbefore parameters are valid only with env=yes")
+
+ # if requested make a backup before making a change
+ if backup and not module.check_mode:
+ (backuph, backup_file) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='crontab')
+ crontab.write(backup_file)
+
+ if env:
+ if ' ' in name:
+ module.fail_json(msg="Invalid name for environment variable")
+ decl = '%s="%s"' % (name, job)
+ old_decl = crontab.find_env(name)
+
+ if do_install:
+ if len(old_decl) == 0:
+ crontab.add_env(decl, insertafter, insertbefore)
+ changed = True
+ if len(old_decl) > 0 and old_decl[1] != decl:
+ crontab.update_env(name, decl)
+ changed = True
+ else:
+ if len(old_decl) > 0:
+ crontab.remove_env(name)
+ changed = True
+ else:
+ if do_install:
+ for char in ['\r', '\n']:
+ if char in job.strip('\r\n'):
+ warnings.append('Job should not contain line breaks')
+ break
+
+ job = crontab.get_cron_job(minute, hour, day, month, weekday, job, special_time, disabled)
+ old_job = crontab.find_job(name, job)
+
+ if len(old_job) == 0:
+ crontab.add_job(name, job)
+ changed = True
+ if len(old_job) > 0 and old_job[1] != job:
+ crontab.update_job(name, job)
+ changed = True
+ if len(old_job) > 2:
+ crontab.update_job(name, job)
+ changed = True
+ else:
+ old_job = crontab.find_job(name)
+
+ if len(old_job) > 0:
+ crontab.remove_job(name)
+ changed = True
+ if crontab.cron_file and crontab.is_empty():
+ if module._diff:
+ diff['after'] = ''
+ diff['after_header'] = '/dev/null'
+ else:
+ diff = dict()
+ if module.check_mode:
+ changed = os.path.isfile(crontab.cron_file)
+ else:
+ changed = crontab.remove_job_file()
+ module.exit_json(changed=changed, cron_file=cron_file, state=state, diff=diff)
+
+ # no changes to env/job, but existing crontab needs a terminating newline
+ if not changed and crontab.n_existing != '':
+ if not (crontab.n_existing.endswith('\r') or crontab.n_existing.endswith('\n')):
+ changed = True
+
+ res_args = dict(
+ jobs=crontab.get_jobnames(),
+ envs=crontab.get_envnames(),
+ warnings=warnings,
+ changed=changed
+ )
+
+ if changed:
+ if not module.check_mode:
+ crontab.write()
+ if module._diff:
+ diff['after'] = crontab.render()
+ if crontab.cron_file:
+ diff['after_header'] = crontab.cron_file
+ else:
+ if crontab.user:
+ diff['after_header'] = 'crontab for user "%s"' % crontab.user
+ else:
+ diff['after_header'] = 'crontab'
+
+ res_args['diff'] = diff
+
+ # retain the backup only if crontab or cron file have changed
+ if backup and not module.check_mode:
+ if changed:
+ res_args['backup_file'] = backup_file
+ else:
+ os.unlink(backup_file)
+
+ if cron_file:
+ res_args['cron_file'] = cron_file
+
+ module.exit_json(**res_args)
+
+ # --- should never get here
+ module.exit_json(msg="Unable to execute cron task.")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()