cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp – Manages core NTP configuration.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in: major release after 2024-01-01
Why: Updated module released with more functionality.
Alternative: nxos_ntp_global

Synopsis

Manages core NTP configuration.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
key_id string			Authentication key identifier to use with given NTP server or peer or keyword 'default'.
peer string			Network address of NTP peer.
prefer string		Choices: enabled disabled	Makes given NTP server or peer the preferred NTP server or peer for the device.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using `connection: httpapi` for NX-API. This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html. A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_pass string		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
	authorize boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
	host string		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	password string		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	port integer		Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
	ssh_keyfile string		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	timeout integer		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
	transport string	Choices: cli ← nxapi	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
	use_proxy boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	use_ssl boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise this value is ignored.
	username string		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
server string			Network address of NTP server.
source_addr string			Local source address from which NTP messages are sent or keyword 'default'.
source_int string			Local source interface from which NTP messages are sent. Must be fully qualified interface name or keyword 'default'
state string		Choices: present ← absent	Manage the state of the resource.
vrf_name string			Makes the device communicate with the given NTP server or peer over a specific VRF or keyword 'default'.

Notes

Note

Limited Support for Cisco MDS
For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

# Set NTP Server with parameters
- cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp:
    server: 1.2.3.4
    key_id: 32
    prefer: enabled
    host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ un }}'
    password: '{{ pwd }}'

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: {'address': '192.0.2.2', 'key_id': '48', 'peer_type': 'server', 'prefer': 'enabled', 'source': '192.0.2.3', 'source_type': 'source'}
existing dictionary	always	k/v pairs of existing ntp server/peer Sample: {'address': '192.0.2.2', 'key_id': '32', 'peer_type': 'server', 'prefer': 'enabled', 'source': 'ethernet2/1', 'source_type': 'source-interface'}
proposed dictionary	always	k/v pairs of parameters passed into module Sample: {'address': '192.0.2.2', 'key_id': '48', 'peer_type': 'server', 'prefer': 'enabled', 'source': '192.0.2.3', 'source_type': 'source'}
updates list / elements=string	always	command sent to the device Sample: ['ntp server 192.0.2.2 prefer key 48', 'no ntp source-interface ethernet2/1', 'ntp source 192.0.2.3']

Status

This module will be removed in a major release after 2024-01-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/nxos/nxos_ntp_module.html