Network Time Protocol (NTP) Role for Ansible

This role installs the NTP package which is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible version 1.4 or higher and the Debian/Ubuntu platform.

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows (additional variables are available in the source):

# The list of default NTP time servers used for synchronization
ntp_servers:
  - '0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org'
  - '1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org'
  - '2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org'
  - '3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org'

Examples

1. Install NTP with the defaults

   ---
   # This playbook installs NTP
   
   - name: Apply NTP to all nodes
     hosts: all
     roles:
       - ntp

2. Install NTP with custom time servers

   ---
   # This playbook installs NTP
   
   - name: Apply NTP to all nodes
     hosts: all
     roles:
       - { role: ntp,
           ntp_servers: [0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org]
         }

Dependencies

None.

License

MIT.