incron

Configure and manage incron jobs with focus on tidiness

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released Sep 18th 2019

This version is compatible with:

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Installation method

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'pegas-incron', '0.7.0'

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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add pegas-incron

Learn more about using this module with an existing project

Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install pegas-incron --version 0.7.0

Documentation

pegas/incron — version 0.7.0 Sep 18th 2019

Configure and manage incron jobs with focus on tidiness

Description
Setup - The basics of getting started with incron
Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

This module is an interface for incron jobs with the main idea to be tidy. That means that any jobs that are not managed should not exist on the host.

Once you include incron, simply removing an incron::job from your manifests is sufficient for it to be cleaned up on your next agent run. No need to ensure => absent anymore. Enjoy!

Setup

Beginning with incron

To start out with incron:

include incron

This will install the required package, enable incron service and start managing /etc/incron.d directory.

Warning: all unmanaged files in /etc/incron.d will be removed at this point. Be careful!

Usage

All interactions with incron jobs should be done using incron::job resource.

It works with at least 3 parameters:

incron::job { 'upload_file':
  path    => '/watched_directory',
  event   => 'IN_CLOSE_WRITE',
  command => '/usr/local/bin/upload_file $#',
}

Reference

Type Aliases

Incron::Event - supported inotify events.

Full reference

Check out REFERENCE for up-to-date details.

Limitations

Acceptance suite is run on the following GNU/Linux distributions:
- Ubuntu 14.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Debian 8
- CentOS 7
- Fedora 30

Development

I'll be happy to know you're using this for one reason or the other. And if you want to contribute - even better. Feel free to submit an issue / fire up a PR / whatever.

Reference

Classes

Public Classes

incron: Main entry point for incron class which must be included in order to start managing all incron-related resources.

Private Classes

incron::config: This class handles incron configuration files.
incron::install: This class handles incron package.
incron::purge: Purge /etc/incron.d and /var/spool/incron directories.
incron::remove: This class handles removal of all incron-related resources.
incron::service: This class handles incron service.

Defined types

incron::job: Primary incron resource used to create incron jobs.
incron::whitelist: Use this to whitelist any system incron jobs you don't want to touch. This will make sure that /etc/incron.d/${title} won't get deleted nor

Data types

Incron::Event: inotify event type

Classes

incron

Main entry point for incron class which must be included in order to start managing all incron-related resources.

Examples

Installing incron

include incron

Uninstalling incron and all related resources

class { 'incron':
  ensure => absent,
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the incron class.

`ensure`

Data type: Enum[present, absent]

Whether to enable or disable incron on the system.

Default value: present

`package_version`

Data type: String[1]

Provide custom incron package version here.

Default value: installed

`allowed_users`

Data type: Array[String[1]]

List of users allowed to use incrontab(1). root will be added automatically.

Default value: [ ]

`denied_users`

Data type: Array[String[1]]

List of users specifically denied to use incrontab(1). Note: When this is not empty, all users except ones specified here will be able to use incrontab.

Default value: [ ]

`service_name`

Data type: String[1]

Incron service's name.

Default value: 'incrond'

`service_manage`

Data type: Boolean

Whether to manage incron service at all.

Default value: true

`service_ensure`

Data type: Enum[running, stopped]

Incron service's 'ensure' parameter.

Default value: running

`service_enable`

Data type: Boolean

Incron service's 'enable' parameter.

Default value: true

`purge_noop`

Data type: Boolean

Run purging in noop mode.

Default value: false

Defined types

incron::job

Primary incron resource used to create incron jobs.

Examples

Using incron::job resource

incron::job { 'process_file':
  path    => '/upload',
  event   => 'IN_CLOSE_WRITE',
  command => '/usr/bin/process_file $#',
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the incron::job defined type.

`command`

Data type: String[1]

Command to execute on triggered event.

`event`

Data type: Variant[Incron::Event, Array[Incron::Event, 2]]

inotify event (or an array of events).

`path`

Data type: Stdlib::Unixpath

Path to watched directory.

`user`

Data type: String[1]

User that owns incron job.

Default value: 'root'

incron::whitelist

Use this to whitelist any system incron jobs you don't want to touch. This will make sure that /etc/incron.d/${title} won't get deleted nor modified.

Examples

Using incron::whitelist resource

incron::whitelist { 'uploader': }

Data types

Incron::Event

inotify event type

Alias of Enum['IN_ALL_EVENTS', 'IN_ACCESS', 'IN_ATTRIB', 'IN_CLOSE_WRITE', 'IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE', 'IN_CREATE', 'IN_DELETE', 'IN_DELETE_SELF', 'IN_MODIFY', 'IN_MOVE_SELF', 'IN_MOVED_FROM', 'IN_MOVED_TO', 'IN_OPEN', 'IN_DONT_FOLLOW', 'IN_ONESHOT', 'IN_ONLYDIR', 'IN_NO_LOOP']

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

[0.7.0] - 2019-09-18

Added

GH-11: Add Debian, RedHat, Fedora, and CentOS support:
- Add data in modules so that incron service name is different under various distributions
- Add acceptance testing for Debian 8, CentOS 7, and Fedora 30

Changed

Lower requirement for Puppet version is now bumped up to 4.10.0 as this is the lowest working version for Hiera 5.
Change testing matrix to only do acceptance testing on latest Puppet versions.
Stop managing group parameter for /var/spool/incron directory and all files that reside there.

[0.6.0] - 2019-08-08

Changed

GH-6: Update stdlib version requirements in metadata.json.
Update REFERENCE.md with data type since Puppet strings started supporting these.
PDK update.

[0.5.0] - 2019-04-09

Added

GH-4: Ability to specify user name for incron::job resource.
New dependency: puppetlabs/concat.
Puppet 6 support (no production code changes).

Changed

GH-4: incron::job now manages jobs through /var/spool/incron/${user} instead of /etc/incron.d/${title}.
Validation, Unit, and Acceptance stages now all include Puppet 6.
Run acceptance tests using new puppet and module install helpers.

Removed

GH-4: $mode parameter for incron::job has now been dropped since it is no longer applicable.

[0.4.0] - 2018-08-17

Added

The module is now PDK-compliant.

Changed

Moved reference to a standalone strings-generated REFERENCE.md.
rspec-puppet-facts started supporting Ubuntu 18.04, so we can use it now. Sweet!

Fixed

puppetlabs_spec_helper's mock_with deprecation warning.
Acceptance tests with latest beaker.

[0.3.0] - 2018-03-14

Added

$incron::purge_noop parameter to run purging in noop mode.
Manage allowed or denied users using $incron::allowed_users and $incron::denied_users.
Manage package version through $incron::package_version parameter.
The following parameters are now available to configure the incron service management:
- $incron::service_manage
- $incron::service_ensure
- $incron::service_enable
Acceptance tests for:
- incron::whitelist
- $incron::allowed_users

Changed

Split up purging into a separate incron::purge manifest.
'ensure => file' where applicable.

Fixed

/etc/incron.* configs now have mode => '0644'.

Removed

$incron::dir_mode parameter.

[0.2.0] - 2018-03-04

Added

Support for lots more inotify events.
Ability to specify an array of events for incron::job.
Acceptance tests.
This CHANGELOG.

Changed

Purge package @ incron::remove.
Manage service on systemd-based systems (Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04) @ incron::remove.

[0.1.0] - 2017-12-15

Added

Initial release.

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Configure and manage incron jobs with focus on tidiness

Table of Contents

Description

Setup

Beginning with incron

Usage

Reference

Type Aliases

Full reference

Limitations

Development

Reference

Table of Contents

Classes

incron

Examples

Installing incron

Uninstalling incron and all related resources

Parameters

ensure

package_version

allowed_users

denied_users

service_name

service_manage

service_ensure

service_enable

purge_noop

Defined types

incron::job

Examples

Using incron::job resource

Parameters

command

event

path

user

incron::whitelist

Examples

Using incron::whitelist resource

Data types

Incron::Event

Changelog

[Unreleased]

[0.7.0] - 2019-09-18

Added

Changed

[0.6.0] - 2019-08-08

Changed

[0.5.0] - 2019-04-09

Added

Changed

Removed

[0.4.0] - 2018-08-17

Added

Changed

Fixed

[0.3.0] - 2018-03-14

Added

Changed

Fixed

Removed

[0.2.0] - 2018-03-04

Added

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`ensure`

`package_version`

`allowed_users`

`denied_users`

`service_name`

`service_manage`

`service_ensure`

`service_enable`

`purge_noop`

`command`

`event`

`path`

`user`