Replace cron entries with `systemd` timers

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Replace cron entries with `systemd` timers #1134

Closed gregharvey closed 10 months ago

gregharvey commented 1 year ago

Cron is being phased out with Debian 12 and up, now systemd is fully embedded in Debian. As such we need to stop using cron in favour of systemd timers going forwards. Some pointers:

https://opensource.com/article/20/7/systemd-timers

gregharvey commented 10 months ago

This has been done using the contrib role here:

https://github.com/vlcty/ansible-systemd-timers

See the ce_provision role for installation and various other roles for examples of how it gets invoked.