From ee3339bb999707fa866318565202f008822a6667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:09:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ansible-pull cron jobs, log the output to the Reports folder
 rather than relying on cron to submit mail.

---
 tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml b/tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml
index df6eafa..f3307ad 100644
--- a/tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml
+++ b/tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@
 # $RANDOM /  50 can be up to about  650 seconds, or ~11 minutes.
 # $RANDOM / 100 can be up to about  320 seconds, or  ~5 minutes.
 # This prevents multiple systems from hitting it at the exact same time.
+
+- name: General | Cron | Ansible | Facts
+  set_fact:
+    ansible_cron_log: "/home/{{ user }}/Reports/ansible-pull.latest.log"
+
 - name: General | Cron | Ansible | Create Subscriber Job
   cron:
     user: ansible
     name: "Ansible Sync"
     minute: "*/30"
-    job: "bash -c 'sleep $(( $RANDOM / 20 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v -o -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }}'"
+    job: "bash -c 'sleep $(( $RANDOM / 20 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v -o -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }} >{{ ansible_cron_log }} 2>&1'"
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ 'yes' if no_telem else 'no' }}"
 
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@
   cron:
     user: ansible
     name: "Ansible Weekly Forced Sync"
-    special_time: daily
-    job: "bash -c 'sleep $(( $RANDOM /  1 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v    -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }}'"
+    special_time: weekly
+    job: "bash -c 'sleep $(( $RANDOM /  1 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v    -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }} >{{ ansible_cron_log }} 2>&1'"
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ 'yes' if no_telem else 'no' }}"