chrony

A role to manage chrony

Role Variables

Variables used for chrony

Name	Default Value	Description
chrony_debug	False	Enable debug option in chrony
chrony_role_action	all	Ansible action when including the role. Should be one of: [allconfigonline]
chrony_package_name	chrony	chrony system package name
chrony_service_name	chronyd	chrony system service name
chrony_manage_service	True	Flag used to specific if the ansible role should manage the service
chrony_manage_package	True	Flag used to specific if the ansible role should manage the package
chrony_service_state	started	Default service state to configure (started|stopped)
chrony_config_file_location	/etc/chrony.conf	Chrony configuration file location.
chrony_driftfile_path	/var/lib/chrony/drift	Chrony drift file location
chrony_logdir_path	/var/log/chrony	Chrony log directory location
chrony_ntp_servers	[]	List of NTP servers. This can be a list of hashes for advanced configuration. If using the hash format, a server_name and server_settings key should be populated with the appropriate data. If this is a list of hostnames, the chrony_global_server_settings will be appended to the configuration.
chrony_global_server_settings	<none>	Default setting to apply to the servers configuration
chrony_ntp_pools	[]	List of NTP pools. This can be a list of hashes for advanced configuration. If using the hash format, a pool_name and pool_settings key should be populated with the appropriate data. If this is a list of hostnames, the chrony_global_pool_settings will be appended to the configuration.
chrony_global_pool_settings	<none>	Default setting to apply to the pools configuration
chrony_ntp_peers	[]	List of NTP peers. This can be a list of hashes for advanced configuration. If using the hash format, a peer_name and peer_settings key should be populated with the appropriate data. If this is a list of hostnames, the chrony_global_peer_settings will be appended to the configuration.
chrony_global_peer_settings	<none>	Default setting to apply to the peers configuration
chrony_bind_addresses	['127.0.0.1', '::1']	List of addresses to bind to to listen for command packets
chrony_acl_rules	[]	List of specific allow/deny commands for the configuration file
chrony_rtc_settings	['rtcsync']	List of specific real time lock settings
chrony_makestep	1.0 3	The chrony makestep configuration
chrony_extra_options	[]	A list of extra option strings that is added to the end of the configuration file. This list is joined with new lines.

Requirements

• ansible >= 2.4
• python >= 2.6

Dependencies

None

Example Playbooks

- hosts: localhost
  become: true
  roles:
    - chrony

License

Apache 2.0