very simple ad-hoc command returning an error

Oliver Schiinke

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Jan 19, 2021, 9:44:21 PM1/19/21

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Hello,

I'm trying to run this ad-hoc command to install ntp package in a specific server:

ansible db -b -m yum -a "name=ntp state=present"

But I'm getting this error:

| FAILED! => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
    },
    "changed": false,
    "failures": [
        "ntp No match for argument: ntp"
    ],
    "msg": "Failed to install some of the specified packages",
    "rc": 1,
    "results": []
}

I have checked the sintax at ansible docs and it seems to be ok.

Some idea?

Thanks!

Dick Visser

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Jan 20, 2021, 1:09:35 AM1/20/21

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The ansible part is ok, but your target host does not know about an 'ntp' package.

IIRC centos/rhel now use 'chrony' for time keeping.

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Oliver Schiinke

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Jan 20, 2021, 8:16:09 AM1/20/21

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Thank you very much! I did not know about that package.

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