Setting the time zone
This examples sets the target time zone to Europe/Berlin.
Creating the playbook
Executed:
aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects/playbooks$ touch set_timezone.ymlBrought set_timezone.yml to the following form:
- name: Set timezone
hosts: all
tasks:
- name: Get current timezone
ansible.builtin.command: timedatectl show --property=Timezone --value
register: timezone_output
changed_when: false
- name: Display current timezone
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "Current timezone is {{ timezone_output.stdout }}"
- name: Set timezone to Europe/Berlin
community.general.timezone:
name: "Europe/Berlin"
- name: Get updated timezone
ansible.builtin.command: timedatectl show --property=Timezone --value
register: timezone_output
changed_when: false
- name: Display updated timezone
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "Current timezone is {{ timezone_output.stdout }}"
Equivalent Bash commands
root@uvm26:~# timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin
root@uvm27:~# timedatectl set-timezone Europe/BerlinExecution of the playbook
Executed:
aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects$ ansible-playbook playbooks/set_timezone.yml –ask-vault-passwordDetails
aadmin@uvm0:~/code/it-wiz/devops/ansible/projects$ ansible-playbook playbooks/set_timezone.yml –ask-vault-password
Vault password:
PLAY [Set timezone] **********************************************************************************************
TASK [Gathering Facts] *******************************************************************************************
ok: [uvm27]
ok: [uvm26]
TASK [Get current timezone] **************************************************************************************
ok: [uvm27]
ok: [uvm26]
TASK [Display current timezone] **********************************************************************************
ok: [uvm26] => {
"msg": "Current timezone is Etc/UTC"
}
ok: [uvm27] => {
"msg": "Current timezone is Etc/UTC"
}
TASK [Set timezone to Europe/Berlin] *****************************************************************************
changed: [uvm27]
changed: [uvm26]
TASK [Get updated timezone] **************************************************************************************
ok: [uvm26]
ok: [uvm27]
TASK [Display updated timezone] **********************************************************************************
ok: [uvm26] => {
"msg": "Current timezone is Europe/Berlin"
}
ok: [uvm27] => {
"msg": "Current timezone is Europe/Berlin"
}
PLAY RECAP *******************************************************************************************************
uvm26 : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
uvm27 : ok=6 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0Result
The time zone got updated.