ansible/awx

Tower Modules Schedules - Allow multiple days to be selected in a month

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#8736 opened on Dec 2, 2020

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Description

ISSUE TYPE
  • Feature Idea
SUMMARY

We would like to create an AWX schedule that complies with the Microsoft monthly patch cycle (Patch Tuesday as it is infamously called). However, instead of the 2nd Tuesday of each month we would like to schedule the 1st Saturday after the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

In other programs we can create an RRULE using the following:

rrule: "DTSTART:20191219T130551Z RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=1;BYDAY=SA;BYMONTHDAY=12,13,14,15,16,17,18"

This will try to execute each month on the days listed but only if they are a Saturday. We have found that AWX's BYMONTHDAY option does not allow for more than one day number.

We would either like BYMONTHDAY to allow more than one number or if someone can tell us another way to set an AWX schedule to allow the rule we are looking to achieve.

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Tech stack
pythondjango
Domain
backendapi
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
PythonDjangoRRULE
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
45
Research direction
The issue requests allowing multiple values for BYMONTHDAY in RRULE scheduling. The relevant code is likely in the scheduling module of the AWX repository. Look for the RRULE parsing function that handles BYMONTHDAY. The change should allow a list of integers instead of a single integer. Ensure that existing functionality is preserved and add tests for multiple day numbers. Check the issue comments for any further clarification from maintainers.