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• About
• Examples
• Parameters

About

Lean RedHat NTP module, with the most common settings.

Examples

1) Use all the default settings.

   include '::ntp'

2) Set the preferred servers.

  class { '::ntp':
    servers => ['time1.google.com', 'time2.google.com'],
  }

3) Set the preferred servers with the iburst option.

  class { '::ntp':
    servers => ['time1.google.com iburst', 'time2.google.com iburst'],
  }

4) Use the default OS provided ntp.conf file, servers may also be specified.

  class { '::ntp':
    conffile => "ntp/${::osfamily}/ntp.conf-${::operatingsystemmajrelease}.erb",
  }

5) Use a static file for ntp.conf

  class { '::ntp':
    conffile => ["puppet:///modules/${module_name}/ntp.conf-${::operatingsystemmajrelease}"], 
  }

Parameters

See your OS man pages for a description of most of the parameters.

server

• type: array
• default: ['0.pool.ntp.org', '1.pool.ntp.org', '2.pool.ntp.org', '3.pool.ntp.org']

driftfile

• type: string
• default: '/var/lib/ntp/drift'

restrict

• type: array
• default: ['default nomodify notrap nopeer noquery', '127.0.0.1', '::1']

includefile

• type: array
• default: ['/etc/ntp/crypto/pw']

keys

• type: string
• default: '/etc/ntp/keys'
• description:

disable

• type: array
• default: ['monitor']

conffile

• type: string|array
• default: "${module_name}/ntp.conf.erb"

ensure

• type: string
• values: 'running'|'stopped'
• default: 'enabled'
• description: Ensure the service is in the desired state.

onboot

• type: string
• values: 'enabled'|'disabled'
• default: 'running'
• description: Ensure the service is in the desired state on boot.