Add chrony as timesync service

roles/timesync-enabled/handlers/main.yml

@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@
     state: restarted
 
 
+- name: Restart Chrony
+  service:
+    name: '{{ chrony_service_name }}'
+    state: restarted
+
+

roles/timesync-enabled/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Check selected  timesync daemon
   fail:
     fail_msg: "{{ timesync_daemon|default('No daemon') }} not supported"
-  when: timesync_daemon not in [ "ntp", "timesyncd" ]
+  when: timesync_daemon not in [ "chrony", "ntp", "timesyncd" ]
 
 
 - name: Include each network variables if there is no host variable
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   when: timesync_servers|default(False) == False and timesync_pools|default(False) == False
 
 
-
 - name: Include OS dependent variables
   include_vars: "{{ item }}"
   with_first_found:

roles/timesync-enabled/tasks/timesync_chrony.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+- name: Install Chrony
+  package:
+    name: chrony
+    state: latest
+
+
+- name: Template chrony.conf
+  template:
+    src: etc/chrony/chrony.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+    backup: yes
+  notify: Restart Chrony
+
+
+- name: Enable Chrony daemon
+  service:
+    name: "{{ chrony_service_name }}"
+    enabled: True
+
+

roles/timesync-enabled/templates/etc/chrony/chrony.conf.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# NTP servers
+{% for pool in timesync_pools|default([]) %}pool {{ pool }} iburst
+{% endfor %}
+
+# NTP servers
+{% for server in timesync_servers|default([]) %}server {{ server }} iburst
+{% endfor %}
+
+keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys
+generatecommandkey
+commandkey 1
+
+###initstepslew 10 0.de.pool.ntp.org
+
+driftfile /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
+
+rtconutc
+rtcsync
+

roles/timesync-enabled/vars/os_debian.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ---
+chrony_service_name: chrony
+
 ntp_service_name: ntp
 

roles/timesync-enabled/vars/os_default.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ---
+chrony_service_name: chronyd
+
 ntp_service_name: ntpd