README.md

Ansible Role: NTP

Description

Ansible role for installing NTP on Linux and Windows.

Installation

$ ansible-galaxy install arillso.ntp

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.7 or higher, and platform requirements are listed in the metadata file.

Role Variables

Variable	Default	Comments (type)
ntp_server	[2.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org]

Linux

Variable	Default	Comments (type)
ntp_config_restrict	['-4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery', '-6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery', '127.0.0.1', '::1']
ntp_config_listen	[]
ntp_config_filegen	['loopstats file loopstats type day enable', 'peerstats file peerstats type day enable', 'clockstats file clockstats type day enable']
ntp_config_statistics	'loopstats peerstats clockstats'
ntp_config_crypto	''
ntp_config_includefile	''
ntp_config_keys	''
ntp_config_trustedkey	''
ntp_config_requestkey	''
ntp_config_controlkey	''
ntp_config_broadcast	''
ntp_config_broadcastclient	''
ntp_config_multicastclient	''
ntp_config_tinker_panic_enabled	''

Windows

Variable	Default	Comments (type)
ntp_time_type	'NTP'
ntp_crosssitesyncflags	'2'
ntp_resolvepeerbackoffminutes	'15'
ntp_resolvepeerbackoffmaxtimes	'7'
ntp_specialpollinterval	'1024'
ntp_eventlogflags	'0'

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

1. Install ntp and set the default settings.

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - arillso.ntp

2. Install ntp and set some custom servers.

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - arillso.ntp
	      ntp_config_server: [2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org, 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org]

Changelog

1.4.0

• Support for Windows NTP Settings

1.3

• rename role name

1.2

• add become

1.1

• add multiple os support

1.0

• add my settings

Author

• Benno Joy
• René Moser
• Simon Bärlocher

License

BSD