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wti.remote.cpm_time_config – Set Time/Date parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices.

Note

This plugin is part of the wti.remote collection (version 1.0.1).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install wti.remote.

To use it in a playbook, specify: wti.remote.cpm_time_config.

New in version 2.10: of wti.remote

Synopsis

  • Set Time/Date and NTP parameters parameters in WTI OOB and PDU devices

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cpm_password
string / required
This is the Password of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_url
string / required
This is the URL of the WTI device to send the module.
cpm_username
string / required
This is the Username of the WTI device to send the module.
date
string
Static date in the format of two digit month, two digit day, four digit year separated by a slash symbol.
ipv4address
string
Comma separated string of up to two addresses for a primary and secondary IPv4 base NTP server.
ipv6address
string
Comma separated string of up to two addresses for a primary and secondary IPv6 base NTP server.
ntpenable
integer
    Choices:
  • 0
  • 1
This enables or disables the NTP client service.
time
string
Static time in the format of two digit hour, two digit minute, two digit second separated by a colon symbol.
timeout
integer
Set the network timeout in seconds of contacting the NTP servers, valid options can be from 1-60.
timezone
integer
This is timezone that is assigned to the WTI device.
use_https
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Designates to use an https connection or http connection.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Flag to control if the lookup will observe HTTP proxy environment variables when present.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If false, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used
on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

  • Use groups/cpm in module_defaults to set common options used between CPM modules.

Examples

# Set a static time/date and timezone of a WTI device
- name: Set known fixed time/date of a WTI device
  cpm_time_config:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    date: "12/12/2019"
    time: "09:23:46"
    timezone: 5

# Enable NTP and set primary and seconday servers of a WTI device
- name: Set NTP primary and seconday servers of a WTI device
  cpm_time_config:
    cpm_url: "nonexist.wti.com"
    cpm_username: "super"
    cpm_password: "super"
    use_https: true
    validate_certs: false
    timezone: 5
    ntpenable: 1
    ipv4address: "129.6.15.28.pool.ntp.org"
    timeout: 15

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
data
complex
always
The output JSON returned from the commands sent
date
string
success
Current Date of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
11/14/2019
ntp
dictionary
always
Current k/v pairs of ntp info of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
{'enable': '0', 'ietf-ipv4': {'address': [{'primary': '192.168.0.169', 'secondary': '12.34.56.78'}]}, 'ietf-ipv6': {'address': [{'primary': '', 'secondary': ''}]}, 'timeout': '4'}
time
string
success
Current Time of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
12:12:00
timezone
integer
success
Current Timezone of the WTI device after module execution.

Sample:
5


Authors

  • Western Telematic Inc. (@wtinetworkgear)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/wti/remote/cpm_time_config_module.html