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Configures the system timezone
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Version information

  • 0.1.0 (latest)
released May 23rd 2019
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2019.8.x, 2019.7.x, 2019.5.x, 2019.4.x, 2019.3.x, 2019.2.x, 2019.1.x, 2019.0.x, 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x, 2017.2.x, 2016.4.x
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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'jorten-timezone', '0.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add jorten-timezone
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install jorten-timezone --version 0.1.0

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jorten/timezone — version 0.1.0 May 23rd 2019

timezone

Configures the system timezone.

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with timezone
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  5. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

This module configures the system timezone.

Setup

What timezone affects

  • Installs timezone package.
  • Configures the system timezone.
  • Configures whether the RTC is on UTC or local time.

Setup Requirements

  • Supported OS with timezone package available in a configured package repository.
  • puppetlabs/stdlib module.

Beginning with timezone

To configure the system timezone to UTC with the RTC set on UTC:

class { 'timezone':
  timezone   => 'UTC',
  rtc_is_utc => true,
}

Usage

Configures the system for timezone UTC with RTC on UTC time.

class { 'timezone':
  timezone   => 'UTC',
  rtc_is_utc => true,
}

Previous example but configured with data provided by hiera.

timezone::timezone:   'UTC'
timezone::rtc_is_utc: true

include timezone

Configures the system for timezone Europe/Stockholm with RTC on UTC time.

class { 'timezone':
  timezone   => 'Europe/Stockholm',
  rtc_is_utc => true,
}

Previous example but configured with data provided by hiera.

timezone::timezone:   'Europe/Stockholm'
timezone::rtc_is_utc: true

include timezone

Limitations

Tested on CentOS 7, Debian 9, Fedora 29, SLES 15 and Ubuntu 18.04.

Development

All bugreports, suggestions and patches will be considered.