From 541ddf990024bb235eb44265f584125dd641063f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:16:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Configure cron to run in the local timezone of each machine

---
 cookbooks/tools/recipes/default.rb            | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../tools/templates/default/cron.service.erb  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cookbooks/tools/templates/default/cron.service.erb

diff --git a/cookbooks/tools/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/tools/recipes/default.rb
index d228d2a4f..5154ecd12 100644
--- a/cookbooks/tools/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/tools/recipes/default.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ package %w[
   iotop
   lvm2
   rsyslog
+  cron
 ]
 
 service "rsyslog" do
@@ -51,3 +52,25 @@ end
 file "/etc/init.d/screen-cleanup" do
   action :delete
 end
+
+# Create drop in directory for cron service
+directory "/etc/systemd/system/cron.service.d" do
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode 0o755
+end
+
+# Configure cron to run in the local timezone of the machine
+template "/etc/systemd/system/cron.service.d/chef.conf" do
+  source "cron.service.erb"
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode 0o644
+  notifies :restart, "service[cron]"
+  only_if { node[:timezone] }
+end
+
+# Make sure cron is running
+service "cron" do
+  action [:enable, :start]
+end
diff --git a/cookbooks/tools/templates/default/cron.service.erb b/cookbooks/tools/templates/default/cron.service.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c659ab22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/tools/templates/default/cron.service.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Service]
+Environment=TZ=<%= node[:timezone] -%>
-- 
2.43.2