Puppet Class: vmwaretools::ntp

Defined in:
manifests/ntp.pp

Overview

Class: vmwaretools::ntp

This class handles turning off syncTime via the vmware-tools API and should be accompanied by a running NTP client on the guest.

Parameters:

None.

Actions:

Disables VMware Tools periodic time synchronization (tools.syncTime = “0”). kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427

Requires:

Class

Sample Usage:

include vmwaretools
include vmwaretools::ntp
package { 'ntpd':
  ensure => 'present',
  notify => $::virtual ? {
    'vmware' => Class['vmwaretools::ntp'],
    default  => undef,
  },
}

Authors:

Mike Arnold <mike@razorsedge.org> Geoff Davis <gadavis@ucsd.edu>

Copyright © 2011 Mike Arnold, unless otherwise noted. Copyright © 2012 The Regents of the University of California



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# File 'manifests/ntp.pp', line 41

class vmwaretools::ntp {

  case $::virtual {
    'vmware': {
      if $::vmwaretools::package_real == '' {
        fail('The class vmwaretools must be declared in the catalog in order to use this class')
      }
      # tools.syncTime = "FALSE" should be in the guest's vmx file and NTP
      # should be in use on the guest.  http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427
      exec { 'vmware-tools.syncTime':
        command     => $::vmwaretools::service_pattern ? {
          'vmware-guestd' => 'vmware-guestd --cmd "vmx.set_option synctime 1 0" || true',
          'vmtoolsd'      => 'vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync disable',
          default         => undef,
        },
        path        => '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin',
        returns     => [ 0, 1, ],
        require     => Package[$::vmwaretools::package_real],
        refreshonly => true,
      }
    }
    # If we are not on VMware, do not do anything.
    default: { }
  }
}