cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global module – NTP Global resource module.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 4.4.0).

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_global.

New in cisco.nxos 2.6.0

Synopsis

  • This module manages ntp configuration on devices running Cisco NX-OS.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

dictionary

A dict of ntp configuration.

access_group

dictionary

NTP access-group.

This option is unsupported on MDS switches.

match_all

boolean

Scan ACLs present in all ntp access groups.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

peer

list / elements=dictionary

Access-group peer.

access_list

string

Name of access list.

query_only

list / elements=dictionary

Access-group query-only.

access_list

string

Name of access list.

serve

list / elements=dictionary

Access-group serve.

access_list

string

Name of access list.

serve_only

list / elements=dictionary

Access-group serve-only.

access_list

string

Name of access list.

allow

dictionary

Enable/Disable the packets.

control

dictionary

Control mode packets.

rate_limit

integer

Rate-limit delay.

private

boolean

Enable/Disable Private mode packets.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

authenticate

boolean

Enable/Disable authentication.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

authentication_keys

list / elements=dictionary

NTP authentication key.

encryption

integer

0 for Clear text

7 for Encrypted

id

integer

Authentication key number (range 1-65535).

key

string

Authentication key.

logging

boolean

Enable/Disable logging of NTPD Events.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

master

dictionary

Act as NTP master clock.

This option is unsupported on MDS switches.

stratum

integer

Stratum number.

passive

boolean

NTP passive command.

This option is unsupported on MDS switches.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

peers

list / elements=dictionary

NTP Peers.

key_id

integer

Keyid to be used while communicating to this server.

maxpoll

integer

Maximum interval to poll a peer.

Poll interval in secs to a power of 2.

minpoll

integer

Minimum interval to poll a peer.

Poll interval in secs to a power of 2.

peer

string

Hostname/IP address of the NTP Peer.

prefer

boolean

Preferred Server.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

vrf

aliases: use_vrf

string

Display per-VRF information.

This option is unsupported on MDS switches.

servers

list / elements=dictionary

NTP servers.

key_id

integer

Keyid to be used while communicating to this server.

maxpoll

integer

Maximum interval to poll a peer.

Poll interval in secs to a power of 2.

minpoll

integer

Minimum interval to poll a peer.

Poll interval in secs to a power of 2.

prefer

boolean

Preferred Server.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

server

string

Hostname/IP address of the NTP Peer.

vrf

aliases: use_vrf

string

Display per-VRF information.

This option is not applicable for MDS switches.

source

string

Source of NTP packets.

This option is unsupported on MDS switches.

source_interface

string

Source interface sending NTP packets.

trusted_keys

list / elements=dictionary

NTP trusted-key number.

key_id

integer

Trusted-Key number.

running_config

string

This option is used only with state parsed.

The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command show running-config ntp.

The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.

state

string

The state the configuration should be left in.

The states replaced and overridden have identical behaviour for this module.

Please refer to examples for more details.

Choices:

  • "merged" ← (default)

  • "replaced"

  • "overridden"

  • "deleted"

  • "parsed"

  • "gathered"

  • "rendered"

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NX-OS 9.3.6 on Cisco Nexus Switches.

  • This module works with connection network_cli and httpapi.

  • Tested against Cisco MDS NX-OS 9.2(2) with connection network_cli.

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp
# nxos-9k-rdo#

- name: Merge the provided configuration with the existing running configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global: &id001
    config:
      access_group:
        peer:
          - access_list: PeerAcl1
        serve:
          - access_list: ServeAcl1
      authenticate: True
      authentication_keys:
        - id: 1001
          key: vagwwtKfkv
          encryption: 7
        - id: 1002
          key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
          encryption: 7
      logging: True
      master:
        stratum: 2
      peers:
        - peer: 192.0.2.1
          key_id: 1
          maxpoll: 15
          minpoll: 5
          vrf: default
        - peer: 192.0.2.2
          key_id: 2
          prefer: True
          vrf: siteA
      servers:
        - server: 198.51.100.1
          key_id: 2
          vrf: default
        - server: 203.0.113.1
          key_id: 1
          vrf: siteB

# Task output
# -------------
#  before: {}
#
#  commands:
#    - "ntp authenticate"
#    - "ntp logging"
#    - "ntp master 2"
#    - "ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7"
#    - "ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7"
#    - "ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15"
#    - "ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2"
#    - "ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2"
#    - "ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1"
#    - "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1"
#    - "ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1"
#
#  after:
#    access_group:
#      peer:
#        - access_list: PeerAcl1
#      serve:
#       - access_list: ServeAcl1
#    authenticate: True
#    authentication_keys:
#      - id: 1001
#        key: vagwwtKfkv
#        encryption: 7
#      - id: 1002
#        key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
#        encryption: 7
#    logging: True
#    master:
#     stratum: 2
#    peers:
#      - peer: 192.0.2.1
#        key_id: 1
#        maxpoll: 15
#        minpoll: 5
#        vrf: default
#      - peer: 192.0.2.2
#        key_id: 2
#        prefer: True
#        vrf: siteA
#    servers:
#      - server: 198.51.100.1
#        key_id: 2
#        vrf: default
#      - server: 203.0.113.1
#        key_id: 1
#        vrf: siteB

# After state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp
# ntp authenticate
# ntp logging
# ntp master 2
# ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7
# ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7
# ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15
# ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2
# ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2
# ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1
# ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1
# ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp
# ntp authenticate
# ntp logging
# ntp master 2
# ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7
# ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7
# ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15
# ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2
# ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2
# ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1
# ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1
# ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1

- name: Replace logging global configurations of listed logging global with provided configurations
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global:
    config:
      access_group:
        peer:
          - access_list: PeerAcl2
        serve:
          - access_list: ServeAcl2
      logging: True
      master:
        stratum: 2
      peers:
        - peer: 192.0.2.1
          key_id: 1
          maxpoll: 15
          minpoll: 5
          vrf: default
        - peer: 192.0.2.5
          key_id: 2
          prefer: True
          vrf: siteA
      servers:
        - server: 198.51.100.1
          key_id: 2
          vrf: default
    state: replaced

# Task output
# -------------
#  before:
#    access_group:
#      peer:
#        - access_list: PeerAcl1
#      serve:
#       - access_list: ServeAcl1
#    authenticate: True
#    authentication_keys:
#      - id: 1001
#        key: vagwwtKfkv
#        encryption: 7
#      - id: 1002
#        key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
#        encryption: 7
#    logging: True
#    master:
#     stratum: 2
#    peers:
#      - peer: 192.0.2.1
#        key_id: 1
#        maxpoll: 15
#        minpoll: 5
#        vrf: default
#      - peer: 192.0.2.2
#        key_id: 2
#        prefer: True
#        vrf: siteA
#    servers:
#      - server: 198.51.100.1
#        key_id: 2
#        vrf: default
#      - server: 203.0.113.1
#        key_id: 1
#        vrf: siteB
#
#  commands:
#    - "no ntp authenticate"
#    - "no ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7"
#    - "no ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7"
#    - "ntp peer 192.0.2.5 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2"
#    - "no ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2"
#    - "no ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1"
#    - "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl2"
#    - "no ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1"
#    - "ntp access-group serve ServeAcl2"
#    - "no ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1"
#
#  after:
#    access_group:
#      peer:
#        - access_list: PeerAcl2
#      serve:
#        - access_list: ServeAcl2
#    logging: True
#    master:
#      stratum: 2
#    peers:
#      - peer: 192.0.2.1
#        key_id: 1
#        maxpoll: 15
#        minpoll: 5
#        vrf: default
#      - peer: 192.0.2.5
#        key_id: 2
#        prefer: True
#        vrf: siteA
#    servers:
#      - server: 198.51.100.1
#        key_id: 2
#        vrf: default

# After state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp
# ntp logging
# ntp master 2
# ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15
# ntp peer 192.0.2.5 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2
# ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2
# ntp access-group peer PeerAcl2
# ntp access-group serve ServeAcl2

# Using deleted to delete all logging configurations

# Before state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp

- name: Delete all logging configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global:
    state: deleted

# Task output
# -------------
#  before:
#    access_group:
#      peer:
#        - access_list: PeerAcl1
#      serve:
#       - access_list: ServeAcl1
#    authenticate: True
#    authentication_keys:
#      - id: 1001
#        key: vagwwtKfkv
#        encryption: 7
#      - id: 1002
#        key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
#        encryption: 7
#    logging: True
#    master:
#     stratum: 2
#    peers:
#      - peer: 192.0.2.1
#        key_id: 1
#        maxpoll: 15
#        minpoll: 5
#        vrf: default
#      - peer: 192.0.2.2
#        key_id: 2
#        prefer: True
#        vrf: siteA
#    servers:
#      - server: 198.51.100.1
#        key_id: 2
#        vrf: default
#      - server: 203.0.113.1
#        key_id: 1
#        vrf: siteB
#
#  commands:
#    - "no ntp authenticate"
#    - "no ntp logging"
#    - "no ntp master 2"
#    - "no ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7"
#    - "no ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7"
#    - "no ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15"
#    - "no ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2"
#    - "no ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2"
#    - "no ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1"
#    - "no ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1"
#    - "no ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1"
#
#  after: {}

# After state:
# ------------
# nxos-9k-rdo# show running-config ntp
# nxos-9k-rdo#

# Using rendered

- name: Render platform specific configuration lines with state rendered (without connecting to the device)
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global:
    config:
      access_group:
        peer:
          - access_list: PeerAcl1
        serve:
          - access_list: ServeAcl1
      authenticate: True
      authentication_keys:
        - id: 1001
          key: vagwwtKfkv
          encryption: 7
        - id: 1002
          key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
          encryption: 7
      logging: True
      master:
        stratum: 2
      peers:
        - peer: 192.0.2.1
          key_id: 1
          maxpoll: 15
          minpoll: 5
          vrf: default
        - peer: 192.0.2.2
          key_id: 2
          prefer: True
          vrf: siteA
      servers:
        - server: 198.51.100.1
          key_id: 2
          vrf: default
        - server: 203.0.113.1
          key_id: 1
          vrf: siteB
    state: rendered

# Task Output (redacted)
# -----------------------
#  rendered:
#    - "ntp authenticate"
#    - "ntp logging"
#    - "ntp master 2"
#    - "ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7"
#    - "ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7"
#    - "ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15"
#    - "ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2"
#    - "ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2"
#    - "ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1"
#    - "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1"
#    - "ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1"

# Using parsed

# parsed.cfg
# ------------
# ntp authenticate
# ntp logging
# ntp master 2
# ntp authentication-keys 1001 md5 vagwwtKfkv 7
# ntp authentication-keys 1002 md5 vagwwtKfkvgthz 7
# ntp peer 192.0.2.1 use-vrf default key 1 minpoll 5 maxpoll 15
# ntp peer 192.0.2.2 prefer use-vrf siteA key 2
# ntp server 198.51.100.1 use-vrf default key 2
# ntp server 203.0.113.1 use-vrf siteB key 1
# ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1
# ntp access-group serve ServeAcl1

- name: Parse externally provided ntp configuration
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ntp_global:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', './fixtures/parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# parsed:
#    access_group:
#      peer:
#        - access_list: PeerAcl1
#      serve:
#       - access_list: ServeAcl1
#    authenticate: True
#    authentication_keys:
#      - id: 1001
#        key: vagwwtKfkv
#        encryption: 7
#      - id: 1002
#        key: vagwwtKfkvgthz
#        encryption: 7
#    logging: True
#    master:
#     stratum: 2
#    peers:
#      - peer: 192.0.2.1
#        key_id: 1
#        maxpoll: 15
#        minpoll: 5
#        vrf: default
#      - peer: 192.0.2.2
#        key_id: 2
#        prefer: True
#        vrf: siteA
#    servers:
#      - server: 198.51.100.1
#        key_id: 2
#        vrf: default
#      - server: 203.0.113.1
#        key_id: 1
#        vrf: siteB

Return Values

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

Key

Description

after

dictionary

The resulting configuration after module execution.

Returned: when changed

Sample: "This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"

before

dictionary

The configuration prior to the module execution.

Returned: when state is merged, replaced, overridden, deleted or purged

Sample: "This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"

commands

list / elements=string

The set of commands pushed to the remote device.

Returned: when state is merged, replaced, overridden, deleted or purged

Sample: ["ntp master stratum 2", "ntp peer 198.51.100.1 use-vrf test maxpoll 7", "ntp authentication-key 10 md5 wawyhanx2 7", "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1", "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl2", "ntp access-group query-only QueryAcl1"]

gathered

list / elements=string

Facts about the network resource gathered from the remote device as structured data.

Returned: when state is gathered

Sample: ["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]

parsed

list / elements=string

The device native config provided in running_config option parsed into structured data as per module argspec.

Returned: when state is parsed

Sample: ["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]

rendered

list / elements=string

The provided configuration in the task rendered in device-native format (offline).

Returned: when state is rendered

Sample: ["ntp master stratum 2", "ntp peer 198.51.100.1 use-vrf test maxpoll 7", "ntp authentication-key 10 md5 wawyhanx2 7", "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl1", "ntp access-group peer PeerAcl2", "ntp access-group query-only QueryAcl1"]

Authors

  • Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)