Add support for different NTP daemons

Allow user to choose between timesyncd, chronyd and ntpd
Installation will default to timesyncd since it is distributed as
part of the systemd installation for most distros.
Added note indicating NTP daemon type is not used for containerized
deployments.

Fixes issue #3086 on Github

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Cherian <benjamin_cherian@amat.com>

group_vars/all.yml.sample

@@ -105,10 +105,15 @@ dummy:
 # Whether or not to install the ceph-test package.
 #ceph_test: false
 
-# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on
+# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on ceph nodes
-# ceph nodes
+# Disable if an appropriate NTP client is already installed and configured
 #ntp_service_enabled: true
 
+# Set type of NTP client daemon to use, valid entries are chronyd, ntpd or timesyncd
+# Note that this selection is currently ignored on containerized deployments
+#ntp_daemon_type: timesyncd
+
+
 # Set uid/gid to default '64045' for bootstrap directories.
 # '64045' is used for debian based distros. It must be set to 167 in case of rhel based distros.
 # These values have to be set according to the base OS used by the container image, NOT the host.

group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample

@@ -105,10 +105,15 @@ fetch_directory: ~/ceph-ansible-keys
 # Whether or not to install the ceph-test package.
 #ceph_test: false
 
-# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on
+# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on ceph nodes
-# ceph nodes
+# Disable if an appropriate NTP client is already installed and configured
 #ntp_service_enabled: true
 
+# Set type of NTP client daemon to use, valid entries are chronyd, ntpd or timesyncd
+# Note that this selection is currently ignored on containerized deployments
+#ntp_daemon_type: timesyncd
+
+
 # Set uid/gid to default '64045' for bootstrap directories.
 # '64045' is used for debian based distros. It must be set to 167 in case of rhel based distros.
 # These values have to be set according to the base OS used by the container image, NOT the host.

roles/ceph-common/tasks/misc/ntp_debian.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 ---
-- name: install ntp on debian
+- name: setup ntpd
-  package:
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp no
+    - package:
         name: ntp
         state: present
-
+    - service:
-- name: start the ntp service
-  service:
         name: ntp
         enabled: yes
         state: started
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "ntpd"
+
+- name: setup chrony
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp no
+    - package:
+        name: chrony
+        state: present
+    - service:
+        name: chronyd
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "chronyd"
+
+- name: setup timesyncd
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp on
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "timesyncd"

roles/ceph-common/tasks/misc/ntp_rpm.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 ---
-- name: install ntp
+- name: setup ntpd
-  package:
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp no
+    - package:
         name: ntp
         state: present
-
+    - service:
-- name: start the ntp service
-  service:
         name: ntpd
         enabled: yes
         state: started
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "ntpd"
+
+- name: setup chrony
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp no
+    - package:
+        name: chrony
+        state: present
+    - service:
+        name: chronyd
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "chronyd"
+
+- name: setup timesyncd
+  block:
+    - command: timedatectl set-ntp on
+  when: ntp_daemon_type == "timesyncd"

roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml

@@ -97,10 +97,15 @@ suse_package_dependencies:
 # Whether or not to install the ceph-test package.
 ceph_test: false
 
-# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on
+# Enable the ntp service by default to avoid clock skew on ceph nodes
-# ceph nodes
+# Disable if an appropriate NTP client is already installed and configured
 ntp_service_enabled: true
 
+# Set type of NTP client daemon to use, valid entries are chronyd, ntpd or timesyncd
+# Note that this selection is currently ignored on containerized deployments
+ntp_daemon_type: timesyncd
+
+
 # Set uid/gid to default '64045' for bootstrap directories.
 # '64045' is used for debian based distros. It must be set to 167 in case of rhel based distros.
 # These values have to be set according to the base OS used by the container image, NOT the host.

roles/ceph-validate/tasks/main.yml

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
     - ceph_rhcs_cdn_debian_repo == 'https://customername:customerpasswd@rhcs.download.redhat.com'
     - ceph_repository not in ['rhcs', 'dev', 'obs']
 
+- name: validate ntp daemon type
+  fail:
+    msg: "ntp_daemon_type must be one of chronyd, ntpd, or timesyncd"
+  when:
+    - ntp_service_enabled
+    - ntp_daemon_type not in ['chronyd', 'ntpd', 'timesyncd']
+
 - name: make sure journal_size configured
   debug:
     msg: "WARNING: journal_size is configured to {{ journal_size }}, which is less than 5GB. This is not recommended and can lead to severe issues."