Merge pull request 'Fixes & Enhancements' (#6) from dev into main

Reviewed-on: #6

files/scripts/backup_system.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ sudo rm -v TRASH/*
 echo "*** Creating backup at '$BACKUP' ***"
 sudo zip -rv "$BACKUP" \
 	/etc /var/{log,mail,spool} /srv /boot \
-	/usr/local/etc $EXTRA
+	/usr/local/etc $EXTRA \
+	-x "/srv/backup/*"
 status="$?"
 
 if [[ "$status" != 0 ]]; then

tasks/general/acct_mgmt/users.yml

@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
       alias system-backup="backup"
       alias check-backups="ll /srv/backup"
       function clean-backup {
-        sh -c "rm -rfv /srv/backup/*.zip /srv/backup/TRASH"
+        sh -c "rm -rfv /srv/backup/*"
       }
       alias clean-backups="clean-backup"
     function_log: |

tasks/general/cron/ansible.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 ---
 # Jobs relating to the ansible user.
 
+# $RANDOM is anywhere from 0 to 32767 in BASH. This would be up to ~9 hours.
+# $RANDOM /  10 can be up to about 3200 seconds, or ~55 minutes.
+# $RANDOM /  20 can be up to about 1600 seconds, or ~27 minutes.
+# $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 | Create Subscriber Job
   cron:
     user: ansible
     name: "Ansible Sync"
     minute: "*/30"
-    job: "sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v -o -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }}"
+    job: "sleep $(( $RANDOM / 20 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v -o -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }}"
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ 'yes' if no_telem else 'no' }}"
 
@@ -14,7 +20,7 @@
   cron:
     user: ansible
     name: "Ansible Weekly Forced Sync"
-    special_time: weekly
-    job: "{{ user_root.home }}/bin/scm.sh"
+    special_time: daily
+    job: "sleep $(( $RANDOM /  1 )); sudo {{ ansible_pull_exec.stdout }} -v    -U {{ git_repo_http }} --checkout {{ branch }}"
     state: present
     disabled: "{{ 'yes' if no_telem else 'no' }}"