Ansible Role: NTP

Installs NTP on Redhat Linux 6 (RHEL 6) and Redhat Linux 7 (RHEL 7) servers.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Set the timezone for your server: ntp_timezone: America/New_York

Set the NTP Pool Area to use. Defaults to none, which uses the worldwide pool.

ntp_servers:
  - "0{{ ntp_area }}.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - "1{{ ntp_area }}.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - "2{{ ntp_area }}.pool.ntp.org iburst"
  - "3{{ ntp_area }}.pool.ntp.org iburst"

NTP Pools

NTP pools:
  AREA                       HOSTNAME
  ------------------------------------------------------
  Worldwide                  pool.ntp.org
  Asia                       asia.pool.ntp.org
  Europe                     europe.pool.ntp.org
  North America              north-america.pool.ntp.org
  Oceania                    aceania.pool.ntp.org
  South America              south-america.pool.ntp.org

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - role: ntp
      ntp_timezone: "{{ 'America/New_York' }}"
      ntp_area: "{{ 'north-america' }}"

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by [Michael Ventarola]