ntp

Install and configure ntp on Ubuntu. From bennojoy.ntp

Requirements

None

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows. See the NTP configuration documentation for details:

# The driftfile
ntp_driftfile: /var/lib/ntp/drifta

# The server to sync time with
ntp_server: [0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org, 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org]

ntp_restrict:                                                           
  - "restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery"
  - "restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery"
  - "restrict 127.0.0.1"

ntp_crypto: no
ntp_includefile: no
ntp_keys: no
ntp_trustedkey: no
ntp_requestkey: no
ntp_controlkey: no
ntp_statistics: no
ntp_broadcast: no
ntp_broadcastclient: no
ntp_multicastclient: no

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

1. Install ntp and set the default settings.

   • hosts: all roles:
     • role: ntp

2. Install ntp and set some custom servers.

   • hosts: all roles:
     • role: ntp ntp_server: [2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org, 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org]

License

Apache

Author Information

Raging Bal