I have used different configuration management tools for different use cases in the past. I liked how puppet had a central server and clients pull on a schedule. This way continuous control can be asserted. Ansible on the other hand is much simpler to use and works better during provisioning.…
Ansible timezone issue
It appears like there is a bug with setting the timezone with ansible. Maybe it will be fixed soon but a workaround like below worked for me. Issue: Timezone module cannot set timezone in not systemd based system #19745 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/19745 Should work like this: Workaround like this: