community.vmware.vmware_host_ntp module – Manage NTP server configuration of an ESXi host

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.18.2).

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.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_host_ntp.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to configure, add or remove NTP servers from an ESXi host.

  • If state is not given, the NTP servers will be configured in the exact sequence.

  • 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

Parameter

Comments

cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used.

This parameter is required if esxi_hostname is not specified.

esxi_hostname

string

Name of the host system to work with.

This parameter is required if cluster_name is not specified.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

ntp_servers

list / elements=string / required

IP or FQDN of NTP server(s).

This accepts a list of NTP servers. For multiple servers, please look at the examples.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

Default: 443

proxy_host

string

Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12

proxy_port

integer

Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

state

string

present: Add NTP server(s), if specified server(s) are absent else do nothing.

absent: Remove NTP server(s), if specified server(s) are present else do nothing.

Specified NTP server(s) will be configured if state isn’t specified.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

validate_certs

boolean

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.

If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

verbose

boolean

Verbose output of the configuration change.

Explains if an NTP server was added, removed, or if the NTP server sequence was changed.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

Notes

Note

  • Tested on vSphere 6.5

  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Configure NTP servers for an ESXi Host
  community.vmware.vmware_host_ntp:
    hostname: vcenter01.example.local
    username: [email protected]
    password: SuperSecretPassword
    esxi_hostname: esx01.example.local
    ntp_servers:
        - 0.pool.ntp.org
        - 1.pool.ntp.org
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set NTP servers for all ESXi Host in given Cluster
  community.vmware.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
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set NTP servers for an ESXi Host
  community.vmware.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
  delegate_to: localhost

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

Return Values

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

Key

Description

host_ntp_status

dictionary

metadata about host system’s NTP configuration

Returned: always

Sample: {“esx01.example.local”: {“ntp_servers”: [“time3.example.local”, “time4.example.local”], “ntp_servers_changed”: [“time1.example.local”, “time2.example.local”, “time3.example.local”, “time4.example.local”], “ntp_servers_previous”: [“time1.example.local”, “time2.example.local”]}, “esx02.example.local”: {“ntp_servers_changed”: [“time3.example.local”], “ntp_servers_current”: [“time1.example.local”, “time2.example.local”, “time3.example.local”], “ntp_servers_previous”: [“time1.example.local”, “time2.example.local”], “state”: “present”}}

Authors

  • Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)

  • Christian Kotte (@ckotte)