Keep the clock on systemd-timesyncd and the timezone on UTC in the common role

2026-10-07 21:22:01 +00:00
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+# Containers share the host kernel clock and cannot discipline it themselves.
+- name: Configure time synchronisation
+  when: ansible_facts['virtualization_role'] != 'guest' or ansible_facts['virtualization_type'] not in ['lxc', 'docker', 'podman', 'container']
+  block:
+    - name: Install systemd-timesyncd
+      package:
+        name: systemd-timesyncd
+        state: present
+
+    - name: Enable systemd-timesyncd
+      systemd:
+        name: systemd-timesyncd
+        enabled: yes
+        state: started
+
+# Logs and local-time timers line up across hosts.
+- name: Set the timezone to UTC
+  community.general.timezone:
+    name: Etc/UTC