Puppet-NTP module

1. [Overview] (#overview)
2. [Module Description - what the module essentially does] (#module description)
3. [Setup - getting started with NTP] (#setup)
   • [What files or packages NTP affects] (#What-does-NTP-affect)
4. [Usage - how to leverage the puppet NTP modules] (#usage)
5. [Limitations - OS compatibility] (#limitations)
6. [Future enhancements - additional functionality that will be added] (#enhancements)

The NTP puppet module will go about installing, configuring and ultimately manage the NTP service

The NTP puppet module installs and configures NTP across Ubuntu/Debian/Red Hat/CentOS *nix flavors

• NTP packages (.deb or rpm)
• NTP configuration file (ntp.conf)
• Manipulating NTP service (stop and start)

In site.pp it is sufficient to simply add include '::ntp' to load, install and configure NTP module. Parameters can also be passed to the NTP module by specifying which NTP clock sources to user. For example:

class { '::ntp':
   ntp_server_addr => [ '0.pool.ntp.org', '1.pool.ntp.org', '2.pool.ntp.org' ],
   }

The NTP puppet module has been built on and test against Puppet 3.4.2 and has also been tested on Puppet 2.7. The module has been tested on:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
• Debian 6/7
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Centos 6

The NTP module has not been tested on Gentoo, SuSe or FreeBSD.

Future enhancements will include:

• Testing on other flavors of *nix
• Creating private classes for more customization

Please report bugs to satish.muthaliATgmail.com