ntp

This role enables users to install and configure ntp on their hosts.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 1.4 or higher, and platform requirements are listed in the metadata file.

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

ntp_cache_valid_time: 86400

Examples

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]

Dependencies

None

License

BSD

Author Information

Benno Joy