+service "rsyslog" do
+ action [:enable, :start]
+ supports :status => true, :restart => true, :reload => true
+end
+
+# Remove some unused and unwanted packages
+package %w[mlocate whoopsie] do
+ action :purge
+end
+
+# Configure cron to run in the local timezone of the machine
+systemd_service "cron-timezone" do
+ service "cron"
+ dropin "timezone"
+ environment "TZ" => node[:timezone]
+ notifies :restart, "service[cron]"
+ only_if { node[:timezone] }
+end
+
+# Configure cron with lower cpu and IO priority
+if node[:tools][:cron][:load]
+ systemd_service "cron-load" do
+ service "cron"
+ dropin "load"
+ nice node[:tools][:cron][:load][:nice]
+ io_scheduling_class node[:tools][:cron][:load][:io_scheduling_class]
+ io_scheduling_priority node[:tools][:cron][:load][:io_scheduling_priority]
+ notifies :restart, "service[cron]"
+ end
+end
+
+# Make sure cron is running
+service "cron" do
+ action [:enable, :start]
+end
+
+# Ubuntu MOTD adverts be-gone
+template "/etc/default/motd-news" do
+ source "motd-news.erb"
+ owner "root"
+ group "root"
+ mode "644"