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

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 2.1.1).

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)