Ansible NTP

[Keith Mills]

I have compiled a configuration for NTP for my Linux Servers (RedHat, SLES, Debian, Ubuntu). When I run my playbook I get an error only for Debian. See below:

main.yaml

---

## PLAYBOOK TO INSTALL AND CONFIGURE NTP ON REDHAT/ DEBIAN SYSTEMS

- name: Include OS-specific variables

  include_vars: "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yaml"

- include: redhat-ntp.yaml

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == 'redhat'

- include: debian-ntp.yaml

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == 'debian'

- include: sles-ntp.yaml

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == 'sles'

- include: ubuntu-ntp.yaml

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == 'ubuntu'

- name: Configure NTP timezone file

  become: yes

  file:

    src: '/usr/share/zoneinfo/{{ ntp_timezone }}'

    dest: '/etc/localtime'

    state: 'link'

    force: yes

    owner: 'root'

    group: 'root'

    mode: '0644'

  notify: 'restart ntp'

- name: Configure NTP conf file

  become: yes

  template:

    src: '{{ ntp_conf_template }}'

    dest: '/etc/ntp.conf'

    owner: 'root'

    group: 'root'

    mode: '0644'

  notify: 'restart ntp'

- name: Force NTP update

  shell: "service {{ ntp_service }} stop && ntpdate -s {{ ntpdate_server }} && service {{ ntp_service }} start"

...

ntp.yaml

---

- hosts: buildservers

  remote_user: root

  tasks:

  - name: Detect OS and run appropriate tasks

    include_tasks: "{{ ansible_distribution|lower }}-ntp.yaml"

    

    

debian-ntp.yaml 

---

- name: debian | installing packages

  apt:

    name: ["ntp"]

    state: present

  become: true

  register: result

  until: result is successful

- name: debian | configuring ntp

  file:

    src: /roles/gen10tools/files/debian-ntp.conf

    dest: /etc/ntp.conf

    owner: root

    group: root

    mode: 0644

  become: true

- name: debian | enable ntp

  systemd:

    name: ntp

    enabled: yes

- name: debian | ensure ntpd is started

  systemd:

    name: ntp

    state: started

...

redhat-ntp.yaml 

---

- name: redhat | installing packages

  yum:

    name: ["ntp"]

    state: present

  become: true

  register: result

  until: result is successful

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == "redhat"

- name: redhat | Configure NTP conf file

  become: yes

  file:

    src: /roles/gen10tools/files/redhat-ntp.conf

    dest: /etc/ntp.conf

    owner: root

    group: root

    mode: 0644

- name: redhat | ensuring ntpd service is started and enabled on boot

  service:

    name: ntpd

    state: started

    enabled: true

  become: true

...

sles-ntp.yaml 

---

- name: sles | installing packages

  zypper:

    name: ["ntp"]

    state: present

  become: true

  register: result

  until: result is successful

  when: ansible_distribution|lower == "sles"

- name: sles | configuring ntp

  file:

    src: /roles/gen10tools/files/sles-ntp.conf

    dest: /etc/ntp.conf

    owner: root

    group: root

    mode: 0644

  become: true

- name: sles | ensuring ntpd service is started and enabled on boot

  service:

    name: ntpd

    state: started

    enabled: true

  become: true

...

ubuntu-ntp.yaml 

---

- name: ubuntu | installing packages

  apt:

    name: ["ntp"]

    state: present

  become: true

  register: result

  until: result is successful

- name: ubuntu | configuring ntp

  file:

    src: /roles/gen10tools/files/ubuntu-ntp.conf

    dest: /etc/ntp.conf

    owner: root

    group: root

    mode: 0644

  notify: restart ntp

  become: true

...

TASK [debian | configuring ntp]

Error: fatal: [abldeb7ex6403]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "file (/etc/ntp.conf) is absent, cannot continue", "path": "/etc/ntp.conf"}

Error: fatal: [abldeb7ex6401]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to find required executable systemctl in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11"}

[Dick Visser]

If the apt step went OK, then 'ntp' on Debian will cause /etc/ntp.conf
to be there.
So either the install step failed, or something else deleted /etc/ntp.conf.
But seeing that there are also missing binaries, this indicates the
apt step didn't succeed for some reason.

Dick

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Dick Visser
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