cron Cookbook
May 8, 2026 · View on GitHub
This cookbook provides custom resources for installing the cron daemon, managing the daemon service,
rendering files in /etc/cron.d, and managing cron allow/deny lists.
Important
This release finishes the custom-resource migration and removes support for Chef Infra Client releases older than 15.3. See migration.md before upgrading wrapper cookbooks.
Maintainers
This cookbook is maintained by the Sous Chefs. The Sous Chefs are a community of Chef cookbook maintainers working together to maintain important cookbooks. If you’d like to know more please visit sous-chefs.org or come chat with us on the Chef Community Slack in #sous-chefs.
Requirements
Platforms
- AlmaLinux 8+
- Amazon Linux 2023
- CentOS Stream 9+
- Debian 12+
- Fedora
- openSUSE Leap 15
- Oracle Linux 8+
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+
- Rocky Linux 8+
- Ubuntu 22.04+
See LIMITATIONS.md for package and platform notes.
Chef
- Chef 15.3+
Resources
Migration
See migration.md for the breaking changes and resource examples.
Contributors
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Backers
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