Ansible Role: NTP

Installs NTP on CentOS & Ubuntu Linux servers.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

• ntp_enabled: true

Whether to start the ntpd service and enable it at system boot. On many virtual machines that run inside a container (like OpenVZ or VirtualBox), it's recommended you don't run the NTP daemon, since the host itself should be set to synchronize time for all it's child VMs.

• ntp_timezone: Etc/UTC

Set the timezone for your server.

ntp_manage_config: false

Override the following default variable with your custom || other ntp servers like so:

    ntp_servers:
     - 0.pool.ntp.org
     - 1.pool.ntp.org
     - 2.pool.ntp.org
     - 3.pool.ntp.org

Specify the NTP servers you'd like to use. Only takes effect if you allow this role to manage NTP's configuration, by setting ntp_manage_config to true.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

• With defaults:

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - shelleg.ntp

• With ntp_timezone & ntp_servers overrides:

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - shelleg.ntp
          ntp_servers:
            - my_cool_ntp.mydomain.com
            - my_cool_ntp2.mydomain.com
          ntp_timezone: Asia/Jerusalem

License

MIT / BSD

Author Information

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