Update playbooks/time-region-ntp.yml

playbooks/time-region-ntp.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Configure timezone and NTP on Ubuntu & Rocky Linux
+- name: Configure timezone and NTP
   hosts: all
   become: yes
 
@@ -8,29 +8,40 @@
     ntp_server: "0.in.pool.ntp.org"
 
   tasks:
-
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
-    - name: Set timezone
+  # TIMEZONE (Works on Ubuntu LXC + Rocky)
-      ansible.builtin.timezone:
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
-        name: "{{ timezone_region }}"
+    - name: Set timezone (manual method for compatibility)
-      register: timezone_result
-
-    - name: Debug timezone result
-      ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "Timezone changed to {{ timezone_region }} successfully."
-      when: timezone_result.changed
-
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------
-    # Ubuntu: configure timesyncd
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------
-    - name: Configure NTP on Ubuntu (systemd-timesyncd)
       block:
-        - name: Enable and configure systemd-timesyncd
+        - name: Copy timezone file
+          ansible.builtin.copy:
+            src: "/usr/share/zoneinfo/{{ timezone_region }}"
+            dest: /etc/localtime
+            remote_src: yes
+
+        - name: Write /etc/timezone
+          ansible.builtin.copy:
+            dest: /etc/timezone
+            content: "{{ timezone_region }}\n"
+      register: tz_change
+
+    - name: Debug timezone set
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Timezone set to {{ timezone_region }} successfully."
+      when: tz_change.changed
+
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
+  # UBUNTU NTP (systemd-timesyncd)
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Configure NTP for Ubuntu (systemd-timesyncd)
+      block:
+        - name: Create timesyncd.conf
           ansible.builtin.copy:
             dest: /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
             content: |
               [Time]
               NTP={{ ntp_server }}
-              FallbackNTP=1.in.pool.ntp.org 2.in.pool.ntp.org 3.in.pool.ntp.org
+              FallbackNTP=1.in.pool.ntp.org 2.in.pool.ntp.org
           register: ubuntu_ntp
 
         - name: Restart timesyncd
@@ -39,29 +50,40 @@
             state: restarted
             enabled: yes
 
-        - name: Debug ubuntu NTP
+        - name: Debug Ubuntu NTP
           ansible.builtin.debug:
-            msg: "NTP configured on Ubuntu using {{ ntp_server }}"
+            msg: "Ubuntu NTP configured with {{ ntp_server }}"
           when: ubuntu_ntp.changed
 
       when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == "Debian"
 
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
-    # Rocky Linux: configure chrony
+  # ROCKY LINUX NTP (chrony)
-    # -------------------------------------------------------------
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
-    - name: Configure NTP on Rocky Linux (chrony)
+    - name: Configure NTP for Rocky Linux (chrony)
       block:
         - name: Install chrony
           ansible.builtin.package:
             name: chrony
             state: present
 
-        - name: Configure chrony NTP source
+        - name: Backup chrony.conf
+          ansible.builtin.copy:
+            src: /etc/chrony.conf
+            dest: /etc/chrony.conf.bak
+            remote_src: yes
+
+        - name: Remove existing server lines
           ansible.builtin.replace:
             path: /etc/chrony.conf
-            regexp: '^server .*$'
+            regexp: '^server .*'
-            replace: "server {{ ntp_server }} iburst"
+            replace: ''
-          register: rocky_ntp
+          register: removed_servers
+
+        - name: Add new time server entry
+          ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+            path: /etc/chrony.conf
+            line: "server {{ ntp_server }} iburst"
 
         - name: Restart chronyd
           ansible.builtin.systemd:
@@ -69,14 +91,15 @@
             state: restarted
             enabled: yes
 
-        - name: Debug rocky NTP
+        - name: Debug Rocky NTP
           ansible.builtin.debug:
-            msg: "NTP configured on Rocky Linux using {{ ntp_server }}"
+            msg: "Rocky Linux NTP configured with {{ ntp_server }}"
-          when: rocky_ntp.changed
 
       when: ansible_facts['os_family'] == "RedHat"
 
-    # Final debug
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
-    - name: Print final success message
+  # Final output
+  # ----------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Final summary
       ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "Timezone and NTP configuration applied successfully on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
+        msg: "Timezone + NTP successfully applied on {{ inventory_hostname }}"