On the 'how do i apply roles to specific hosts, I'd go for a full
ntp_server role and an ntp_client role.
Then your site.yml looks like
--------------8<---------------
- hosts: ntpservers
roles:
- ntp_server
- hosts: servers
roles:
- ntp_client
- presumably_something_useful
--------------8<------------------
if you want to avoid hardcoding a group into the ntp_client roles
templates, you can pass in a group
name using 'parameterised roles' - though TBH that might be overkill.
the folder layout is then something like (for completeness)
.
├── hosts
├── roles
│ ├── ntp_client
│ │ ├── tasks
│ │ │ └── main.yml
│ │ └── templates
│ │ └── etc
│ │ └── ntp.conf.j2
│ └── ntp_server
│ ├── tasks
│ │ └── main.yml
│ └── templates
│ └── etc
│ └── ntp.conf.j2
└── site.yml
On 22 November 2016 at 14:58, Jon Forrest <nob...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 11/22/16 12:14 AM, Dick Davies wrote:
>>
>> That playbook tells ansible to create the template on the 'all' group
>> i.e. everything in the inventory.
>>
>> That's what it's trying to do.
>
>
> The moment I read this I realized my mistake. You're absolutely
> right! I had stupidly been thinking that this would happen on
> the control machine. Maximum mea culpa. Changing 'all' to
> 'localhost' fixes the problem and lets me test the template.
> This was driving me crazy.
>
>> for your use case, just make 2 roles: ntp_server and ntp_client, and
>> apply them to groups as required.
>
>
> The issue I was trying to address in my posting is how to
> recognize which role to apply to a host. I think my basic
> idea is sound. All I have to do is avoid making more stupid
> mistakes.
>
> Thank you *very* much!
>
> Jon Forrest
>
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