Ansible role to install and configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Daemon.
This role was built with support for a variety of operating systems. Including Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL, Suse and Archlinux based Linux versions as well as FreeBSD, Darwin and OpenBSD.
In addition to the operating system-dependent variables, there are the following default values to adjust:
---
# defaults file for ansible-role-ntp
# Restrict acces on ntp server
# Default is: ::1, 127.0.0.1
ntp_restrict:
- default nomodify notrap nopeer noquery
- 127.0.0.1
- ::1
# Ntp server to use for date synchronization
# Default is worldwide pool
ntp_servers:
- ptbtime1.ptb.de
- ptbtime3.ptb.de
- 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
- 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
- 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
- 3.pool.ntp.org iburst
# optionally set timezone
ntp_set_time_zone: false
ntp_timezone: 'Europe/Berlin'
# Leap seconds definition provided by tzdata
ntp_leap: true
ntp_leapfile: '/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list'
# Enable or disable ntp statistics
ntp_statistics: false
# version check for this playbook (true is recomended)
submodules_versioncheck: false
You can install this role using ansible Galaxy:
ansible-galaxy install l3d.ntp
Or download or clone this git repo. Example:
git clone https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_role_ntp.git l3d.ntp
---
- name: Install and Configure NTP
hosts: example.com
roles:
- {role: l3d.ntp, tags: ntp}
vars:
submodules_versioncheck: true
ntp_set_time_zone: true
ntp_timezone: Zulu
# In this example, we enabled optional version check
# and set timezone to Zulu.
The community.general
collection is required for some parts of this ansible role.
You can install it with this command:
ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml --upgrade
This role is tested on debian stable. It should work on other operating systems. Please Report issues if it does not work.
- This role was created in 2018 by diodonfrost.
- This role was updated and maintained since 2019 by L3D (DO1JLR)
- In 2023 this role moved from
do1jlr.ntp
tol3d.ntp
Namespace.
Pleas feel free to open a issue or (even better) create a Pull Request if there is a problem or you missing a feature or something like that.