create local.yml and configure chrony with it

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # ---> Ansible
 *.retry
 EXAMPLES
-
+roles

ansible.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [defaults]
 
 inventory = ./inventory
+roles_path = ./roles
 
 remote_user = hpf-ans
 host_key_checking = False

bootstrap.yml

@@ -43,46 +43,30 @@
         system: true
         gid: 701
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/sudoers.d exists
+    - name: Get /etc/sudoers.d
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/sudoers.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /etc/sudoers.d/hpf
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/sudoers.d/hpf
+        src: etc/sudoers.d
-        dest: /etc/sudoers.d/hpf
+        dest: /etc/
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: u=rw,go=
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rw,g=r,o=
         backup: true
         validate: /usr/sbin/visudo -csf %s
 
 
 #### Configure sshd
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d exists
+    - name: Get /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=rx
-
-    - name: Get /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
+        src: etc/ssh/sshd_config.d
-        dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/hpf.conf
+        dest: /etc/ssh/
         owner: root
         group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=rx
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=rx
+        mode: u=rw,go=r
         backup: true
         validate: /usr/sbin/sshd -t -f %s
       notify: Restart sshd
@@ -90,51 +74,14 @@
 
 #### Configure /etc/skel
 
-    - name: Make sure /etc/skel/.profile.d exists
+    - name: Get /etc/skel
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/skel/.profile.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
+        src: etc/skel
-        dest: /etc/skel/.profile.d/ansible-venv.sh
+        dest: /etc/
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rw,go=
-        backup: true
-
-    - name: Get /etc/skel/.profile
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/skel/.profile
-        dest: /etc/skel/.profile
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rw,go=
-        backup: true
-
-    - name: Make sure /etc/skel/.bashrc.d exists
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: /etc/skel/.bashrc.d
-        state: directory
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /etc/skel/.bashrc
-      become: true
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: etc/skel/.bashrc
-        dest: /etc/skel/.bashrc
         owner: root
         group: root
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=rx
         mode: u=rw,go=
         backup: true
 
@@ -206,6 +153,18 @@
         shell: /usr/bin/bash
         password_lock: true
 
+    - name: Get /home/hpf-ans/bin
+      become: true
+      become_user: hpf-ans
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        src: home/hpf-ans/bin
+        dest: $HOME/
+        owner: hpf-ans
+        group: hpf-ans
+        directory_mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rwx,go=
+        backup: true
+
     - name: Set hpf-ans's authorized_keys
       become: true
       ansible.posix.authorized_key:
@@ -269,27 +228,6 @@
 
 #### ansible-pull.sh
 
-    - name: Make sure /home/hpf-ans/bin exists
-      become: true
-      become_user: hpf-ans
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: $HOME/bin
-        state: directory
-        owner: hpf-ans
-        group: hpf-ans
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-
-    - name: Get /home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-      become: true
-      become_user: hpf-ans
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        src: home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-        dest: $HOME/bin/ansible-pull.sh
-        owner: hpf-ans
-        group: hpf-ans
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
-        backup: true
-
     - name: Make sure log directory exists
       become: true
       ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -297,7 +235,7 @@
         state: directory
         owner: hpf-ans
         group: root
-        mode: u=rwx,go=
+        mode: u=rwx,g=r,o=
 
 #    - name: Create ansible-pull.sh crontab entry
 #      become: true

files/home/hpf-ans/bin/ansible-pull.sh

@@ -7,14 +7,21 @@ fi
 SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "${0}")"
 GIT_REPO_BRANCH="${GIT_REPO_BRANCH:-production}"
 OIC_FLAG="--only-if-changed"
+VERBOSE_FLAG="--verbose"
+DEBUG_FLAG="false"
 
 # - Process command line
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   case "$1" in
     -h|--help)
-      echo "Usage: $0 [--branch <branch name>]"
+      echo "Usage: $0 [--branch <branch name>] [--force] [--quiet] [-- <ansible-pull args>]"
       exit 0
       ;;
+    -d|--debug)
+      VERBOSE_FLAG="-vvv"
+      DEBUG_FLAG="true"
+      shift 1
+      ;;
     -b|--branch)
       shift 1
       if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Branch not specified." ; exit 1 ; fi
@@ -22,8 +29,12 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       shift 1
       ;;
     -f|--force)
-      shift 1
       OIC_FLAG=""
+      shift 1
+      ;;
+    -q|--quiet)
+      VERBOSE_FLAG=""
+      shift 1
       ;;
     --)
       shift 1
@@ -43,25 +54,28 @@ GIT_REPO_BASE="https://gitea.admin-a.hpetersenfamily.com/heath/ansible"
 GIT_REPO="${GIT_REPO_BASE}.git"
 
 # - Include ansible virtual environment (in case not already done - we don't know how we're being run)
-VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=true
 . "${VENV_ACTIVATE_SCRIPT}"
 
 # - If we can't get a lock, don't proceed
 if ! exec 9>"${LOCK_FILE}" ; then
-  echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Unable to open the lock file (${LOCK_FILE})! Exiting..." >&2
+  echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Unable to open the lock file (${LOCK_FILE})!  Exiting..." >&2
   exit 10
 fi
 if ! flock -n 9 ; then
-  echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Another copy is already running! Exiting..." >&2
+  echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ERROR - Another copy is already running!  Exiting..." >&2
   exit 11
 fi
 
-# - Append all further STDOUT and STDERR to the log file
+# - If debugging requested or running from a terminal . . .
-exec >>"${LOG_FILE}" 2>&1
+if [ "${DEBUG_FLAG}" = "true" ] || test -t 0 ; then
+  exec > >(tee -a "${LOG_FILE}") 2>&1   # - send STDOUT and STDERR to both STDOUT and the log file
+else
+  exec >>"${LOG_FILE}" 2>&1             # - send STDOUT and STDERR to the log file only
+fi
 
 # - Log that we've gotten this far
 echo
-echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") ----------------------------------------"
+echo "${SCRIPT_NAME}: ------------------------------- $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") -------------------------------"
 
 # - Do our work
-ansible-pull ${OIC_FLAG} --url "${GIT_REPO}" --checkout "${GIT_REPO_BRANCH}" "${@}"
+ansible-pull ${OIC_FLAG} ${VERBOSE_FLAG} --url "${GIT_REPO}" --checkout "${GIT_REPO_BRANCH}" "${@}"

local.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- name: Configure time synchronization
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  vars:
+    timesync_ntp_provider: chrony
+    timesync_ntp_servers:
+      - hostname: 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+      - hostname: 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+      - hostname: 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
+        iburst: true
+    timesync_chrony_custom_settings:
+      - "logdir /var/log/chrony"
+      - "log measurements statistics tracking"
+  roles:
+    - linux-system-roles.timesync

requirements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+roles:
+  - name: linux-system-roles.timesync
+    version: 1.14.1

scraps/TODO.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Manually on each system:
 
 iris.heath.hpetersenfamily.com admin-a.hpetersenfamily.com core.mary.hpetersenfamily.com
 
+
 heath
   authorized_keys:
     - heath@hpetersenfamily.com

scraps/jsonvar.bash

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Serialize bash variables to JSON output
+#
+# # Created
+# Author: Dave Eddy <ysap@daveeddy.com>
+# Date: July 09, 2026
+# License: MIT
+#
+# # Contributors
+# - Dave Eddy <ysap@daveeddy.com>
+
+_jv-usage() {
+	local usage
+	read -r -d '' usage <<-EOF
+	Usage: jsonvar [-aev] [[name], ...]
+
+	Serialize bash variables to JSON output
+
+	Options
+	    -a    show all variables
+	    -e    show only exported variables
+	    -v    show only the values of the variables
+	    -h    show this message and exit
+	EOF
+	echo "$usage"
+}
+
+_jv-json-encode-string() {
+	local s=$1
+
+	local LC_ALL=C
+	local -A table=()
+
+	# we can start at 1 because bash variables can't have nul bytes in them
+	local hex byte esc i
+	for ((i = 1; i < 0x20; i++)); do
+		printf -v hex '%02x' "$i"
+
+		printf -v byte '%b' "\\x$hex"
+		printf -v esc '\\u%04x' "$i"
+		table[$byte]=$esc
+	done
+
+	table[$'\b']='\b'
+	table[$'\t']='\t'
+	table[$'\n']='\n'
+	table[$'\f']='\f'
+	table[$'\r']='\r'
+
+	table['\']='\\'
+	table['"']='\"'
+
+	# serialize the string
+	local out=''
+	local len=${#s}
+	local c
+	for ((i = 0; i < len; i++)); do
+		c=${s:i:1}
+		esc=${table[$c]}
+
+		if [[ -n $esc ]]; then
+			# lookup table matched for this byte
+			out+=$esc
+		else
+			# no lookup table match, byte falls through
+			out+=$c
+		fi
+	done
+
+
+	printf '"%s"' "$out"
+}
+
+_jv-encode-variable() {
+	local _jv_name=$1
+	local -n _jv_ref=$_jv_name
+	local _jv_attrs=${_jv_ref@a}
+
+	case "$_jv_attrs" in
+		*a*) # process indexed array
+			echo -n '['
+			local _jv_value _jv_i=0
+			for _jv_value in "${_jv_ref[@]}"; do
+				((_jv_i++))
+
+				# check member type
+				if [[ $_jv_attrs == *i* ]]; then
+					printf '%d' "$_jv_value"
+				else
+					_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_value"
+				fi
+
+				if ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_ref[@]})); then
+					echo -n ', '
+				fi
+			done
+			echo -n ']'
+			;;
+		*A*) # process associative array
+			echo -n '{'
+			local _jv_key _jv_value _jv_i=0
+			for _jv_key in "${!_jv_ref[@]}"; do
+				((_jv_i++))
+
+				_jv_value=${_jv_ref[$_jv_key]}
+
+				_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_key"
+				echo -n ': '
+
+				if [[ $_jv_attrs == *i* ]]; then
+					printf '%d' "$_jv_value"
+				else
+					_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_value"
+				fi
+
+				if ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_ref[@]})); then
+					echo -n ', '
+				fi
+			done
+			echo -n '}'
+			;;
+		*i*) # process integer
+			echo -n "$_jv_ref"
+			;;
+		*) # anything else, it's probably a string lol
+			_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_ref"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+}
+
+jsonvar() {
+	local _jv_all='false'
+	local _jv_exported='false'
+	local _jv_value='false'
+
+	# get arguments from user
+	local OPTIND OPTARG _jv_opt
+	while getopts 'aevh' _jv_opt; do
+		case "$_jv_opt" in
+			a) _jv_all='true';;
+			e) _jv_exported='true';;
+			v) _jv_value='true';;
+			h) _jv-usage; return 0;;
+			*) _jv-usage >&2; return 2;;
+		esac
+	done
+	shift "$((OPTIND - 1))"
+
+	local _jv_key
+
+	# figure out what variables to look at
+	local -a _jv_variables
+	if $_jv_all; then
+		readarray -t _jv_variables < <(compgen -v)
+	elif $_jv_exported; then
+		readarray -t _jv_variables < <(compgen -e)
+	else
+		_jv_variables=("$@")
+
+		# ensure the user gave us *something*
+		if (( ${#_jv_variables[@]} == 0 )); then
+			echo 'variable name or flag required' >&2
+			_jv-usage >&2
+			return 2
+		fi
+
+		# check variables given
+		local _jv_error='false'
+		for _jv_key in "${_jv_variables[@]}"; do
+			# warn the user if they gave us an internal name
+			if [[ $_jv_key == _jv_* ]]; then
+				echo "[error] invalid internal variable '$_jv_key'" >&2
+				_jv_error='true'
+			fi
+
+			# check to make sure the variable is defined
+			if ! declare -p "$_jv_key" &>/dev/null; then
+				echo "[error] variable '$_jv_key' not defined" >&2
+				_jv_error='true'
+			fi
+		done
+
+		if $_jv_error; then
+			return 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# loop the variables first to filter out hidden / internal var names
+	local _jv_i
+	local _jv_len=${#_jv_variables[@]}
+	for ((_jv_i = 0; _jv_i < _jv_len; _jv_i++)); do
+		_jv_key=${_jv_variables[_jv_i]}
+
+		# filter out internal variables by name
+		if [[ $_jv_key == _jv_* ]]; then
+			unset '_jv_variables[_jv_i]'
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		# variable name was good, do nothing
+	done
+
+	# loop the remaining variables and format them
+	$_jv_value || echo '{'
+	_jv_i=0
+	for _jv_key in "${_jv_variables[@]}"; do
+		((_jv_i++))
+
+		if ! $_jv_value; then
+			# indent
+			echo -n '    '
+
+			# print the key
+			_jv-json-encode-string "$_jv_key"
+			echo -n ': '
+		fi
+
+		# print the value
+		_jv-encode-variable "$_jv_key"
+
+		# optionally print the comma
+		if ! $_jv_value && ((_jv_i < ${#_jv_variables[@]})); then
+			echo -n ','
+		fi
+		echo
+	done
+	$_jv_value || echo '}'
+}
+
+_jv-complete() {
+	COMPREPLY=(
+		# add all variables
+		$(compgen -v -- "${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")
+
+		# add the individual flags
+		$(compgen -W '-a -e -v -h' -- "${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")
+	)
+}
+
+if ( return 0 &>/dev/null ); then
+	# we are being sourced
+	complete -F _jv-complete jsonvar
+else
+	# we are being executed directly
+	declare -a test_indexed=(a b c)
+	declare -a test_sparse=(a b c [67]=d)
+	declare -A test_assoc=([a]=1 [b]=2 [c]=3)
+	declare -i test_int=67
+	declare -- test_string='hello world'
+
+	declare -ai test_indexed_ints=(0 1 2 0xff foo bar baz)
+	declare -Ai test_assoc_ints=([foo]=0 [bar]=1 [baz]=0xff [bat]=foo)
+
+	jsonvar "$@"
+fi

scraps/redirect_exec.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+send_some_output() {
+	echo "hello"
+	echo "here"
+	echo "goodbye"
+}
+
+exec > >(tee -a ./x.out) 2>&1
+
+send_some_output >&2