--- # Example Playbook: cisco.ucs.ucs_dns_server - hosts: ucs connection: local gather_facts: false tasks: - name: Test that we have a UCS hostname, UCS username, and UCS password fail: msg: 'Please define the following variables: ucs_hostname, ucs_username and ucs_password.' when: ucs_hostname is not defined or ucs_username is not defined or ucs_password is not defined vars: # use "<<: *login_info" to substite the information below in each task # this is not required, however it makes the playbook shorter. login_info: &login_info hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}" username: "{{ ucs_username }}" password: "{{ ucs_password }}" - name: Configure NTP server cisco.ucs.ucs_ntp_server: <<: *login_info ntp_server: 10.10.10.10 description: Internal NTP Server by IP address state: present - name: Configure NTP server cisco.ucs.ucs_ntp_server: <<: *login_info ntp_server: pool.ntp.org description: External NTP Server by hostname state: present - name: Remove NTP server cisco.ucs.ucs_ntp_server: <<: *login_info ntp_server: 10.10.10.10 state: absent - name: Remove NTP server cisco.ucs.ucs_ntp_server: <<: *login_info ntp_server: pool.ntp.org state: absent