100 Day of DevOps, Day 6: Create a Cron Job, review process failed

paloma · March 3, 2026, 5:01am

I am following the 100 Day of DevOps practice and this is the second time that I finish the requirement from the day 6, which is:
The Nautilus system admins team has prepared scripts to automate several day-to-day tasks. They want them to be deployed on all app servers in Stratos DC on a set schedule. Before that they need to test similar functionality with a sample cron job. Therefore, perform the steps below:

a. Install cronie package on all Nautilus app servers and start crond service.
b. Add a cron */5 * * * * echo hello > /tmp/cron_text for root user.

And I have done it properly, but the review process failed. Can you please check it?

rob_kodekloud · March 3, 2026, 5:06am

There turn out to be two ways to create a crontab that belong to root, and I suspect that you’re using the one the grader didn’t expect See this guide for a technique that should work for this task.

MIQDAD · March 3, 2026, 6:24am

github.com

MiqdadProjects/kodekloud-eng-100-days-devops/blob/main/DAY06/task-6-cronie-cronjob.md

**🌟 Task 6 - Install Cronie and Create Sample Cron Job**

**📌 Task Description**

The **Nautilus system admins team** has prepared scripts to automate several day-to-day tasks. They want them to be deployed on all app servers in **Stratos Datacenter** on a set schedule. Before that, they need to test similar functionality with a sample cron job.

**Steps to perform:**

a. Install **cronie package** on all Nautilus app servers and start **crond service**

b. Add a cron job to run every 5 minutes: `*/5 * * * * echo hello > /tmp/cron_text` for the **root user**

👉 **Your task:** Install cronie and configure the sample cron job on **all Nautilus app servers**.

💡 **Note:** You can find the infrastructure details by clicking on the **Details of all Users and Servers** button on the top-right section of the page.

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paloma · March 3, 2026, 10:44am

Thank you very much for your response. Much appreciated.
I can suggest then that the instructions for the exercise should be more specific, since my approach achieved what is required, but the automation script is not considering that valid solution, which can be resolved clarifying that point in the exercise definition.