vmware_host_ntp - Manage NTP configurations about an ESXi host

• Synopsis
  • Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• This module can be used to manage NTP configuration information about an ESXi host.
• User can specify an ESXi hostname or Cluster name. In case of cluster name, all ESXi hosts are updated.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6
• PyVmomi

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Set NTP setting for all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  vmware_host_ntp:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    cluster_name: cluster_name
    state: present
    ntp_servers:
        - 0.pool.ntp.org
        - 1.pool.ntp.org

- name: Set NTP setting for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_ntp:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    state: present
    ntp_servers:
        - 0.pool.ntp.org
        - 1.pool.ntp.org

- name: Remove NTP setting for an ESXi Host
  vmware_host_ntp:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
    state: absent
    ntp_servers:
        - bad.server.ntp.org

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)