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<h1>bcfg2-cron<a class="headerlink" href="#bcfg2-cron" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>As submitted by Kamil Kisiel</p>
<p>The following is my <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/etc/cron.d/bcfg2</span></tt> file. It uses the python random
module seeded with the client hostname to generate a random time for the
client to check in. The hostname seed ensures the generated file is the
same each time the client checks in. This cron file helps to distribute
the load on the Bcfg2 server since not all machines are checking in at
the same time.:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><pre>{% python
from genshi.builder import tag
import random
random.seed(metadata.hostname)
%}\
${random.randint(0,60)} * * * * root /usr/sbin/bcfg2 &> /dev/null</pre>
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<p>You can apply the same concept to the other time fields by adding another
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">${random.randint()}</span></tt> call.</p>
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