feat: add backup cron

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Which is based on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 - feat: add gitlab_data_dir variable
 - feat: add gitlab_pages_url variable
 - feat: add complex variables in config file
+- feat: add backup cron
 
 ### Changed
 

README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Install and configure a Gitlab server
     backup_archive_permissions: 0644
 ```
 
+- `gitlab_backup_cron_month` - set the month for the backup cron (default: `'*'`)
+- `gitlab_backup_cron_weekday` - set the weekday for the backup cron (default: `'*'`)
+- `gitlab_backup_cron_day` - set the day for the backup cron (default: `'*'`)
+- `gitlab_backup_cron_hour` - set the hour for the backup cron (default: `2`)
+- `gitlab_backup_cron_minute` - set the minute for the backup cron (default: `30`)
+
 ## How to use
 
 ```

defaults/main.yml

@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 gitlab_repository: 'deb https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/debian/ {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main'
 gitlab_url: http://gitlab.example.com
 gitlab_config: {}
+gitlab_backup_cron_month: '*'
+gitlab_backup_cron_weekday: '*'
+gitlab_backup_cron_day: '*'
+gitlab_backup_cron_hour: 2
+gitlab_backup_cron_minute: 30

molecule/default/tests/test_default.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import testinfra.utils.ansible_runner
 
 def test_packages(host):
-  package = host.package('gitlab-ce')
+  for package_name in ['cron', 'gitlab-ce']:
+    package = host.package(package_name)
     assert package.is_installed
 
 def test_git_directory(host):
@@ -35,3 +36,9 @@ def test_grafana_down(host):
     assert False
   except:
     assert True
+
+def test_cron_file(host):
+  config = host.file('/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root')
+  assert config.exists
+  assert config.is_file
+  assert config.contains('30 2 \\* \\* \\* gitlab-backup create')

tasks/main.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - name: install package
   ansible.builtin.package:
     name:
+      - cron
       - gitlab-ce
   tags: gitlab
 
@@ -37,3 +38,15 @@
     state: started
     enabled: true
   tags: gitlab
+
+- name: add backup cron
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: gitlab-backup
+    user: root
+    job: gitlab-backup create
+    month: '{{ gitlab_backup_cron_month|string }}'
+    weekday: '{{ gitlab_backup_cron_weekday|string }}'
+    day: '{{ gitlab_backup_cron_day|string }}'
+    hour: '{{ gitlab_backup_cron_hour|string }}'
+    minute: '{{ gitlab_backup_cron_minute|string }}'
+  tags: gitlab