make sure all cloud instances have ntp installed, configured and running

files/common/step-tickers

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# [clock.redhat.com]
+66.187.233.4 
+# [time.nist.gov]
+192.43.244.18
+# [otc1.psu.edu]
+128.118.25.5
+# [clock.isc.org]
+204.152.184.72
+# [loopback]
+127.127.1.0

tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,21 @@
   action: yum state=installed pkg=ntpdate
   tags:
   - packages
+
 - name: sync time - just once
   action: command /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -b 66.187.233.4
 
+- name: ntp install
+  action: yum state=installed pkg=ntp
+  tags:
+  - packages
+
+- name: put step-tickers in place
+  action: copy src=$files/common/step-tickers dest=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
+
+- name: enable the service
+  action: service name=ntpd state=running enabled=true
+
 - name: edit hostname to be instance name - prefix hostbase var if it exists
   action: shell hostname  ${hostbase}`curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id`
   tags: