bigip_device_ntp - Manage NTP servers on a BIG-IP¶

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
Return Values
Notes
- Status
- Support

Synopsis ¶

Manage NTP servers on a BIG-IP

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

f5-sdk

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
ntp_servers	no			A list of NTP servers to set on the device. At least one of `ntp_servers` or `timezone` is required.
password	yes			The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. This option can be omitted if the environment variable `F5_PASSWORD` is set.
server	yes			The BIG-IP host. This option can be omitted if the environment variable `F5_SERVER` is set.
server_port (added in 2.2)	no	443		The BIG-IP server port. This option can be omitted if the environment variable `F5_SERVER_PORT` is set.
state	no	present	absent present	The state of the NTP servers on the system. When `present`, guarantees that the NTP servers are set on the system. When `absent`, removes the specified NTP servers from the device configuration.
timezone	no	UTC		The timezone to set for NTP lookups. At least one of `ntp_servers` or `timezone` is required.
user	yes			The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. This option can be omitted if the environment variable `F5_USER` is set.
validate_certs (added in 2.0)	no	True	True False	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. This option can be omitted if the environment variable `F5_VALIDATE_CERTS` is set.

Examples ¶

- name: Set NTP server
  bigip_device_ntp:
      ntp_servers:
          - "192.0.2.23"
      password: "secret"
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      user: "admin"
      validate_certs: "no"
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Set timezone
  bigip_device_ntp:
      password: "secret"
      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
      timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
      user: "admin"
      validate_certs: "no"
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values ¶

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
ntp_servers	The NTP servers that were set on the device	changed	list	['192.0.2.23', '192.0.2.42']
timezone	The timezone that was set on the device	changed	string	true

Notes ¶

Note

Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip install f5-sdk.

Status ¶

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

Support ¶

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