ce_ntp - Manages core NTP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.¶

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Return Values
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Manages core NTP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
is_preferred	no		enable disable	Makes given NTP server or peer the preferred NTP server or peer for the device.
key_id	no			Authentication key identifier to use with given NTP server or peer.
peer	no			Network address of NTP peer.
server	no			Network address of NTP server.
source_int	no			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	no	present	present absent	Manage the state of the resource.
vpn_name	no	_public_		Makes the device communicate with the given NTP server or peer over a specific vpn.

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"
    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"
    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 Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name	description	returned	type	sample
end_state	k/v pairs of ntp info after module execution	always	dict	{'key_id': '48', 'vpn_name': 'js', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'is_preferred': 'enable', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002'}
changed	check to see if a change was made on the device	always	boolean	True
updates	command sent to the device	always	list	['ntp server 2.2.2.2 authentication-keyid 48 source-interface vlanif4002 vpn-instance js preferred']
proposed	k/v pairs of parameters passed into module	always	dict	{'state': 'present', 'is_preferred': 'enable', 'key_id': '48', 'vpn_name': 'js', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002'}
existing	k/v pairs of existing ntp server/peer	always	dict	{'key_id': '32', 'vpn_name': 'js', 'server': '2.2.2.2', 'is_preferred': 'disable', 'source_int': 'vlanif4002'}

Status ¶

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

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