Ansible role: ntp

This role provide a compliance for install ntp on your target host.

Requirements

This role was developed using Ansible 2.7 Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.

Please have a look into the meta file for supportet platform overview!

Please note: It could need some fixes on exotic untested devices!

Role Variables

This role has multiple variables. The defaults for all these variables are the following:

---
# 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:
  - 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
  - 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
  - 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
  - 3.pool.ntp.org iburst

# Enable or disable ntp statistics
# Default is false
ntp_statistics: false

Local Testing

The preferred way of locally testing the role is to use Docker. You will have to install Docker on your system.

You can also use vagrant and Virtualbox with vagrant to run tests locally. You will have to install Virtualbox and Vagrant on your system. For all our tests we use test-kitchen.

Next install test-kitchen:

# Install dependencies
gem install bundler
bundle install

Testing with Docker

# List all tests with kitchen
kitchen list

# fast test on one machine
kitchen test default-centos-7

# test on all machines
kitchen test

# for development, create environment
kitchen create default-centos-7

# Apply ansible playbook
kitchen converge default-centos-7

# Apply inspec tests
kitchen verify default-centos-7

Testing with Virtualbox

# Specify kitchen file on Linux
export KITCHEN_YAML=.kitchen-vagrant.yml

# fast test on one machine
kitchen test os-packaging-freebsd-112

Testing Windows and Solaris with Virtualbox

Windows and Solaris can only be test with Virtualbox provider,do not use 'kitchen test' command for testing Windows and Solaris environment. There 4 steps you will be using with test-kitchen as part of your workflow.

First of all we must set the kitchen file:

# For testing Windows
export KITCHEN_YAML=.kitchen-windows.yml

# For testing Solaris
export KITCHEN_YAML=.kitchen-solaris.yml

Provision the virtual machines, a Linux machine to run Ansible and Windows/Solaris machines to apply playbook again:

# deploy machines
kitchen create

# Launch playbook
kitchen converge

Finaly launch inspec tests:

kitchen verify

For cleaning environment use:

kitchen destroy

License

Apache 2

Resources

ntp on ubuntu

Author Information

This role was created in 2018 by diodonfrost. This role was updated in 2019 by L3D