This module can be used as part of the bootstrapping of a BIG-IP. It allows one to configure the various NTP settings that are part of a BIG-IP.

Tests for this module can be found here

https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-ansible/blob/master/roles/__bigip_device_ntp/tasks/main.yaml

Platforms this was tested on are

11.6.0
12.0.0
12.1.0
12.1.0 HF1

lib/ansible/modules/extras/network/f5/bigip_device_ntp.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: bigip_device_ntp
+short_description: Manage NTP servers on a BIG-IP
+description:
+  - Manage NTP servers on a BIG-IP
+version_added: "2.2"
+options:
+  ntp_servers:
+    description:
+      - A list of NTP servers to set on the device. At least one of C(ntp_servers)
+        or C(timezone) is required.
+    required: false
+    default: []
+  state:
+    description:
+      - The state of the NTP servers on the system. When C(present), guarantees
+        that the NTP servers are set on the system. When C(absent), removes the
+        specified NTP servers from the device configuration.
+    required: false
+    default: present
+    choices:
+      - absent
+      - present
+  timezone:
+    description:
+      - The timezone to set for NTP lookups. At least one of C(ntp_servers) or
+        C(timezone) is required.
+    default: UTC
+    required: false
+notes:
+  - Requires the f5-sdk Python package on the host. This is as easy as pip
+    install f5-sdk.
+extends_documentation_fragment: f5
+requirements:
+  - f5-sdk
+author:
+  - Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Set NTP server
+  bigip_device_ntp:
+      ntp_servers:
+          - "192.168.10.12"
+      password: "secret"
+      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
+      user: "admin"
+      validate_certs: "no"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+
+- name: Set timezone
+  bigip_device_ntp:
+      password: "secret"
+      server: "lb.mydomain.com"
+      timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
+      user: "admin"
+      validate_certs: "no"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+ntp_servers:
+    description: The NTP servers that were set on the device
+    returned: changed
+    type: list
+    sample: ["192.168.10.10", "172.27.10.10"]
+timezone:
+    description: The timezone that was set on the device
+    returned: changed
+    type: string
+    sample: "true"
+'''
+
+try:
+    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
+    from icontrol.session import iControlUnexpectedHTTPError
+    HAS_F5SDK = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_F5SDK = False
+
+
+class BigIpDeviceNtp(object):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not HAS_F5SDK:
+            raise F5ModuleError("The python f5-sdk module is required")
+
+        # The params that change in the module
+        self.cparams = dict()
+
+        # Stores the params that are sent to the module
+        self.params = kwargs
+        self.api = ManagementRoot(kwargs['server'],
+                                  kwargs['user'],
+                                  kwargs['password'],
+                                  port=kwargs['server_port'])
+
+    def flush(self):
+        result = dict()
+        changed = False
+        state = self.params['state']
+
+        try:
+            if state == "present":
+                changed = self.present()
+            elif state == "absent":
+                changed = self.absent()
+        except iControlUnexpectedHTTPError as e:
+            raise F5ModuleError(str(e))
+
+        if 'servers' in self.cparams:
+            self.cparams['ntp_servers'] = self.cparams.pop('servers')
+
+        result.update(**self.cparams)
+        result.update(dict(changed=changed))
+        return result
+
+    def read(self):
+        """Read information and transform it
+
+        The values that are returned by BIG-IP in the f5-sdk can have encoding
+        attached to them as well as be completely missing in some cases.
+
+        Therefore, this method will transform the data from the BIG-IP into a
+        format that is more easily consumable by the rest of the class and the
+        parameters that are supported by the module.
+        """
+        p = dict()
+        r = self.api.tm.sys.ntp.load()
+
+        if hasattr(r, 'servers'):
+            # Deliberately using sets to supress duplicates
+            p['servers'] = set([str(x) for x in r.servers])
+        if hasattr(r, 'timezone'):
+            p['timezone'] = str(r.timezone)
+        return p
+
+    def present(self):
+        changed = False
+        params = dict()
+        current = self.read()
+
+        check_mode = self.params['check_mode']
+        ntp_servers = self.params['ntp_servers']
+        timezone = self.params['timezone']
+
+        # NTP servers can be set independently
+        if ntp_servers is not None:
+            if 'servers' in current:
+                items = set(ntp_servers)
+                if items != current['servers']:
+                    params['servers'] = list(ntp_servers)
+            else:
+                params['servers'] = ntp_servers
+
+        # Timezone can be set independently
+        if timezone is not None:
+            if 'timezone' in current and current['timezone'] != timezone:
+                params['timezone'] = timezone
+
+        if params:
+            changed = True
+            self.cparams = camel_dict_to_snake_dict(params)
+            if check_mode:
+                return changed
+        else:
+            return changed
+
+        r = self.api.tm.sys.ntp.load()
+        r.update(**params)
+        r.refresh()
+
+        return changed
+
+    def absent(self):
+        changed = False
+        params = dict()
+        current = self.read()
+
+        check_mode = self.params['check_mode']
+        ntp_servers = self.params['ntp_servers']
+
+        if not ntp_servers:
+            raise F5ModuleError(
+                "Absent can only be used when removing NTP servers"
+            )
+
+        if ntp_servers and 'servers' in current:
+            servers = current['servers']
+            new_servers = [x for x in servers if x not in ntp_servers]
+
+            if servers != new_servers:
+                params['servers'] = new_servers
+
+        if params:
+            changed = True
+            self.cparams = camel_dict_to_snake_dict(params)
+            if check_mode:
+                return changed
+        else:
+            return changed
+
+        r = self.api.tm.sys.ntp.load()
+        r.update(**params)
+        r.refresh()
+        return changed
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = f5_argument_spec()
+
+    meta_args = dict(
+        ntp_servers=dict(required=False, type='list', default=None),
+        timezone=dict(default=None, required=False)
+    )
+    argument_spec.update(meta_args)
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        required_one_of=[
+            ['ntp_servers', 'timezone']
+        ],
+        supports_check_mode=True
+    )
+
+    try:
+        obj = BigIpDeviceNtp(check_mode=module.check_mode, **module.params)
+        result = obj.flush()
+
+        module.exit_json(**result)
+    except F5ModuleError as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.ec2 import camel_dict_to_snake_dict
+from ansible.module_utils.f5 import *
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()