polster / ansible-time

System time role for Ansible

Ansible Role: Time

This Ansible role configures the system time using ntp (network time protocol).

Prerequisites

• None

Platform support

• See meta info

How to use

• Add a similar line to your Ansible playbook's role section as shown below:

roles:
    - { role: ansible-time, time_ntp_config_server_list: [ 'time1.mydomain.com', 'time2.mydomain.com' ] }

• Or with tags:

roles:
    - { role: ansible-time, time_ntp_config_server_list: [ 'time1.mydomain.com', 'time2.mydomain.com' ], tags: [ 'ntp', 'time' ] }

Sample playbook

• site.yml:

  - hosts: servers
    vars_files:
      - vars/main.yml
    roles:
      - { role: ansible-time }

• vars/main.yml:

time_zoneinfo: Europe/Zurich

Configuration

Tags

The following Ansible tags allow to run this role more granular.

Tag	Description
config	Applies all the configuration and restarts affected services to make sure the new config is being loaded
service	Enables the required service(s)
package	Makes sure required packages are installed
ntp	Runs everything related to the ntp setup and config
timezone	Runs everything related to the timezone setup and config

Variables

See defaults.