Ansible Role NTP

This guide helps you install and set up NTP (Network Time Protocol) on your system.

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Example Playbook

Here’s a simple playbook to demonstrate how to use the NTP role. This example is found in molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested for every push, pull request, and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.cron
    - role: robertdebock.ntp
      ntp_state: stopped

To prepare your machine, you can refer to molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

You can also check this complete guide with examples for using these roles.

Role Variables

You can find the default values for the NTP variables in defaults/main.yml:

---
# Default settings for NTP

# Current state of the NTP service.
ntp_state: started

# Should the NTP service start at boot?
ntp_enabled: true

# List of IP addresses to listen to.
ntp_interfaces:
  - address: "127.0.0.1"

# List of NTP pools and their options.
ntp_pool:
  - name: "0.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - name: "1.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - name: "2.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - name: "3.pool.ntp.org iburst"

# The timezone used for the NTP service.
ntp_timezone: Etc/UTC

Requirements

You need the pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of Used Roles

The following roles help prepare your system, but you can set it up differently if needed.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.cron

Context

This role is part of a collection of compatible roles. For more information, check the documentation for these roles.

Here's a visual of the related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on the following container images:

You need at least Ansible version 2.12. Tests were conducted on:

• The previous version.
• The latest version.
• The development version.

If you encounter any problems, please report them on GitHub.

License

This project is licensed under Apache-2.0.

Author Information

Created by robertdebock.

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