very simple ad-hoc command returning an error

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Hello,

I’m trying to run this ad-hoc command to install ntp package in a specific server:

ansible db -b -m yum -a “name=ntp state=present”

But I’m getting this error:

FAILED! => {
“ansible_facts”: {
“discovered_interpreter_python”: “/usr/bin/python”
},
“changed”: false,
“failures”: [
“ntp No match for argument: ntp”
],
“msg”: “Failed to install some of the specified packages”,
“rc”: 1,
“results”:
}

I have checked the sintax at ansible docs and it seems to be ok.

Some idea?

Thanks!

2

The ansible part is ok, but your target host does not know about an ‘ntp’ package.
IIRC centos/rhel now use ‘chrony’ for time keeping.

3

Thank you very much! I did not know about that package.