it doesn't work as a role dependencies in another role about ansible-role-ntp HOT 5 CLOSED

please also note:

This module configures the timezone setting, both of the system clock and of the hardware clock. If you want to set up the NTP, use service module.

ref: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/timezone_module.html

so it seems the timezone module is causing the issue and ntp timezone should be set up differently

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@Raffaello - NTP is being managed as a service here: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-ntp/blob/master/tasks/main.yml#L17-L29

It seems to be working okay for me—can you give any more detail about how the playbook is configured, or even better a playbook/project that I could use to reproduce this issue?

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@geerlingguy Hi, thank you, here extra info:

• ansible version 2.1.3.0
• OS: ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
• Python 2.7.6

I spent some time and it seems ansible doesn't recognize the timezone module, it is only that task that make it failing. I tried removing the timezone task and everything was successful.

the playbook is quite simple, it using a main role and inside that role i added a dependency on this NTP role.

# playbook entry point
- name: Build MyServer Service Instance
  hosts: "{{ hosts }}"

  roles:
    - role: my_server
      become: true

### role my_server (meta/defaults.yml)

---

dependencies:
  - role: geerlingguy.ntp
   

if i comment out the task timezone is working. it seems in my ansible doesn't exist/recognize the timezone module.

this step is failing and reporting the error:
https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-ntp/blob/master/tasks/main.yml#L13-L15

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@geerlingguy The problem is a bug in ansible 2.1.3.0 version. after upgrading ansible to 2.3.1.0. The timezone module was found and no error has happened.

so i am closing this issue because it was strictly related to an ansible bug reported also here:
ansible/ansible-modules-extras#3572

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Great! Thanks for the follow-up.

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