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

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).

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 community.network.

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

Synopsis

  • Manages core NTP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
is_preferred
string
    Choices:
  • 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
    Choices:
  • 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
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/ce_ntp_module.html