---
#
# Example ansible playbook for timezone and NTP setup on AIX.
#
# ansible-playbook -i aixhost, -u root  timezone-aix.yml
#

- name: "Timezone and NTP on AIX"
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    timezone: Europe/Copenhagen
    ntp_server: dk.pool.ntp.org

  tasks:

    - name: Configure timezone
      ansible.builtin.replace:
        path: /etc/environment
        regexp: '^TZ=(.*)$'
        replace: "TZ={{ timezone }}"

    - name: Update time from NTP server
      ansible.builtin.command: "env TZ={{ timezone }} /usr/sbin/ntpdate {{ ntp_server }}"

    - name: Create cron entry for updating time periodically
      ansible.builtin.cron:
        name: ntpdate
        weekday: "*"
        minute: "1"
        hour: "*"
        user: root
        job: "/usr/sbin/ntpdate {{ ntp_server }}"