From 98e07f59dd95d2d8c13dae6dd2e6ebdceecb1715 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Hamilton <ryanehamil@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:40:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update playbooks/check-time-sync.yml

---
 playbooks/check-time-sync.yml | 54 +++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/playbooks/check-time-sync.yml b/playbooks/check-time-sync.yml
index 79b8cb5..e69c0a8 100644
--- a/playbooks/check-time-sync.yml
+++ b/playbooks/check-time-sync.yml
@@ -1,51 +1,25 @@
-- name: Check NTP synchronization (chrony-aware)
+- name: Quick check of time offset using ntpdate
   hosts: all
   become: true
   gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    ntp_check_target: "pool.ntp.org"
 
   tasks:
 
-    - name: Check if chronyc is installed
-      command: which chronyc
-      register: chronyc_installed
-      ignore_errors: true
+    - name: Ensure ntpdate is installed
+      apt:
+        name: ntpdate
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
 
-    - name: Run chronyc tracking
-      command: chronyc tracking
-      register: chronyc_tracking
-      when: chronyc_installed.rc == 0
+    - name: Query time offset from {{ ntp_check_target }}
+      command: "ntpdate -q {{ ntp_check_target }}"
+      register: ntp_offset
       changed_when: false
+      failed_when: ntp_offset.rc != 0
 
-    - name: Extract sync metrics from chronyc tracking
-      set_fact:
-        chrony_summary:
-          system_time: "{{ chronyc_tracking.stdout | regex_search('System time\\s+: (.+)', '\\1') | default('N/A') }}"
-          last_offset: "{{ chronyc_tracking.stdout | regex_search('Last offset\\s+: (.+)', '\\1') | default('N/A') }}"
-          frequency:   "{{ chronyc_tracking.stdout | regex_search('Frequency\\s+: (.+)', '\\1') | default('N/A') }}"
-          stratum:     "{{ chronyc_tracking.stdout | regex_search('Stratum\\s+: (.+)', '\\1') | default('N/A') }}"
-      when: chronyc_installed.rc == 0
-
-    - name: Show chrony sync summary
+    - name: Extract and display final offset line
       debug:
         msg: |
-          [{{ inventory_hostname }}]
-          System Time : {{ chrony_summary.system_time }}
-          Last Offset : {{ chrony_summary.last_offset }}
-          Frequency   : {{ chrony_summary.frequency }}
-          Stratum     : {{ chrony_summary.stratum }}
-      when: chronyc_installed.rc == 0
-
-    - name: Fallback - timedatectl if chrony is not installed
-      command: timedatectl status
-      register: timedatectl_status
-      when: chronyc_installed.rc != 0
-      changed_when: false
-
-    - name: Show fallback timedatectl status
-      debug:
-        msg: |
-          [{{ inventory_hostname }}]
-          Chrony not installed.
-          timedatectl says:
-          {{ timedatectl_status.stdout_lines | join('\n') }}
-      when: chronyc_installed.rc != 0
+          [{{ inventory_hostname }}] -> {{ ntp_offset.stdout_lines | select('search', 'adjust time') | list | first | default('No offset reported') }}