community.network.ce_ntp – Manages core NTP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 1.3.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_ntp.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis

Manages core NTP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
is_preferred string	enable disable	Makes given NTP server or peer the preferred NTP server or peer for the device.
key_id string		Authentication key identifier to use with given NTP server or peer.
peer string		Network address of NTP peer.
server string		Network address of NTP server.
source_int string		Local source interface from which NTP messages are sent. Must be fully qualified interface name, i.e. `40GE1/0/22`, `vlanif10`. Interface types, such as `10GE`, `40GE`, `100GE`, `Eth-Trunk`, `LoopBack`, `MEth`, `NULL`, `Tunnel`, `Vlanif`.
state string	present ← absent	Manage the state of the resource.
vpn_name string	Default: "_public_"	Makes the device communicate with the given NTP server or peer over a specific vpn.

Notes

Note

This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
Recommended connection is netconf.
This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: NTP test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Set NTP Server with parameters"
    community.network.ce_ntp:
      server: 192.8.2.6
      vpn_name: js
      source_int: vlanif4001
      is_preferred: enable
      key_id: 32
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Set NTP Peer with parameters"
    community.network.ce_ntp:
      peer: 192.8.2.6
      vpn_name: js
      source_int: vlanif4001
      is_preferred: enable
      key_id: 32
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	check to see if a change was made on the device Sample: True
end_state dictionary	always	k/v pairs of ntp info after module execution Sample: {'is_preferred': 'enable', 'key_id': '48', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002', 'vpn_name': 'js'}
existing dictionary	always	k/v pairs of existing ntp server/peer Sample: {'is_preferred': 'disable', 'key_id': '32', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002', 'vpn_name': 'js'}
proposed dictionary	always	k/v pairs of parameters passed into module Sample: {'is_preferred': 'enable', 'key_id': '48', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002', 'state': 'present', 'vpn_name': 'js'}
updates list / elements=string	always	command sent to the device Sample: ['ntp server 2.2.2.2 authentication-keyid 48 source-interface vlanif4002 vpn-instance js preferred']

Authors

Zhijin Zhou (@QijunPan)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/network/ce_ntp_module.html