--- - block: - name: Check for a running host NTP daemon # noqa command-instead-of-module vars: prechecks_host_ntp_daemons: - chrony - chronyd - ntp - ntpd - systemd-timesyncd become: true command: cmd: "systemctl is-active {{ prechecks_host_ntp_daemons | join(' ') }}" register: systemctl_is_active changed_when: false failed_when: false - name: Fail if a host NTP daemon is not running fail: msg: >- No host NTP daemon is running. Please install and configure a host NTP daemon. Alternatively, set 'prechecks_enable_host_ntp_checks' to 'false' to disable this check if not using one of the following NTP daemons: chrony, ntpd, systemd-timesyncd. when: - systemctl_is_active.rc != 0 - name: Checking timedatectl status become: true command: timedatectl status register: timedatectl_status changed_when: false - name: Fail if the clock is not synchronized fail: msg: >- timedatectl sees the system clock as unsynchronized. Please wait for synchronization. Alternatively, set 'prechecks_enable_host_ntp_checks' to 'false' to disable this check if your NTP daemon is not recognised by 'timedatectl status'. when: - "'synchronized: yes' not in timedatectl_status.stdout" when: prechecks_enable_host_ntp_checks | bool