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Table of Contents

Classes

Public Classes

  • chrony: Installs and configures chrony

Private Classes

  • chrony::config: Configures chrony
  • chrony::install: Installs chrony
  • chrony::service: Manages the chrony service

Functions

Private Functions

  • chrony::server_array_to_hash: Function to normalise servers/pools/peers

Data types

Classes

chrony

Installs and configures chrony

Examples

Install chrony with default options
include chrony
Use specific servers (These will be configured with the iburst option.)
class { 'chrony':
  servers => [ 'ntp1.corp.com', 'ntp2.corp.com', ],
}
Two specific servers without iburst
class { 'chrony':
  servers => {
    'ntp1.corp.com' => [],
    'ntp2.corp.com' => [],
  },
}
Ensure a secret password is used for chronyc
class { 'chrony':
  servers         => [ 'ntp1.corp.com', 'ntp2.corp.com', ],
  chrony_password => 'secret_password',
}
Use NTP authentication
class { 'chrony':
  keys            => [
    '25 SHA1 HEX:1dc764e0791b11fa67efc7ecbc4b0d73f68a070c',
  ],
  servers         => {
    'ntp1.corp.com' => ['key 25', 'iburst'],
    'ntp2.corp.com' => ['key 25', 'iburst'],
  },
}
Have chronyd autogenerate a command key at startup
class { 'chrony':
  chrony_password    => 'unset',
  config_keys_manage => false,
}
Allow some hosts
class { 'chrony':
  queryhosts => ['192.168/16'],
}
Configure the leap second mode
class { 'chrony':
  leapsecmode => 'slew',
  smoothtime  => '400 0.001 leaponly',
  maxslewrate => 1000.0
}
Configure makestep
# Step the system clock if the adjustment is larger than 1000 seconds, but only in the first ten clock updates.
class { 'chrony':
  makestep_seconds => 1000,
  makestep_updates => 10,
}

Parameters

The following parameters are available in the chrony class:

bindaddress

Data type: Array[Stdlib::IP::Address]

Array of addresses of interfaces on which chronyd will listen for NTP traffic. Listens on all addresses if left empty.

Default value: []

bindcmdaddress

Data type: Array[String]

Array of addresses of interfaces on which chronyd will listen for monitoring command packets.

Default value: ['127.0.0.1', '::1']

initstepslew

Data type: Optional[String]

Allow chronyd to make a rapid measurement of the system clock error at boot time, and to correct the system clock by stepping before normal operation begins.

Default value: undef

sourcedir

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath]

The confdir directive includes configuration files with the .conf suffix from a directory.

Default value: undef

confdir

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath]

The sourcedir directive is identical to the confdir directive, except the configuration files have the .sources suffix, they can only specify NTP sources.

Default value: undef

cmdacl

Data type: Array[String]

An array of ACLs for monitoring access. This expects a list of directives, for example: ['cmdallow 1.2.3.4', 'cmddeny 1.2.3']. The order will be respected at the time of generating the configuration. The argument of the allow or deny commands can be an address, a partial address or a subnet (see manpage for more details).

Default value: []

cmdport

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Port]

The cmdport directive allows the port that is used for run-time monitoring (via the chronyc program) to be altered from its default (323).

Default value: undef

commandkey

Data type: NotUndef

This sets the key ID used by chronyc to authenticate to chronyd.

Default value: 0

chrony_password

Data type: Variant[Sensitive[String[1]], String[1]]

This sets the chrony password to be used in the key file. By default a short fixed string is used. If set explicitly to 'unset' then no password will be added to the keys file by puppet.

Default value: 'xyzzy'

config

Data type: Stdlib::Unixpath

This sets the file to write chrony configuration into.

Default value: '/etc/chrony/chrony.conf'

config_template

Data type: String[1]

This determines which template puppet should use for the chrony configuration.

Default value: 'chrony/chrony.conf.epp'

config_keys

Data type: Variant[Stdlib::Unixpath,String[0,0]]

This sets the file to write chrony keys into. Set to '' to remove keyfile attribute from the config.

Default value: '/etc/chrony/chrony.keys'

config_keys_manage

Data type: Boolean

Determines whether puppet will manage the content of the keys file after it has been created for the first time.

Default value: true

config_keys_template

Data type: String[1]

This determines which template puppet should use for the chrony key file.

Default value: 'chrony/chrony.keys.epp'

config_keys_owner

Data type: Variant[Integer[0],String[1]]

Specify unix owner of chrony keys file, defaults to 0.

Default value: 0

config_keys_group

Data type: Variant[Integer[0],String[1]]

Specify unix group of chrony keys files, defaults to 0 on ArchLinux and chrony on Redhat.

Default value: 0

config_keys_mode

Data type: Stdlib::Filemode

Specify unix mode of chrony keys files, defaults to 0644 on ArchLinux and 0640 on Redhat.

Default value: '0640'

keys

Data type: Array[String[1]]

An array of key lines. These are printed as-is into the chrony key file.

Default value: []

driftfile

Data type: Stdlib::Unixpath

A file for chrony to record clock drift in.

Default value: '/var/lib/chrony/drift'

local_stratum

Data type: Variant[Boolean[false],Integer[1,15]]

Override the stratum of the server which will be reported to clients when the local reference is active. Use false to not set local_stratum in chrony configuration.

Default value: 10

local_orphan

Data type: Boolean

Put the server in 'orphan' mode when the local reference is active. Does nothing if local_stratum is not set.

Default value: false

ntpsigndsocket

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Unixpath]

This sets the location of the Samba ntp_signd socket when it is running as a Domain Controller (DC).

Default value: undef

stratumweight

Data type: Optional[Numeric]

Sets how much distance should be added per stratum to the synchronisation distance when chronyd selects the synchronisation source from available sources. When not set, chronyd's default will be used, which since version 2.0 of chrony, is 0.001 seconds.

Default value: undef

log_options

Data type: Optional[String[1]]

Specify which information is to be logged.

Default value: undef

logbanner

Data type: Optional[Integer[0]]

Specify how often the log banner is placed in the logfile.

Default value: undef

logchange

Data type: Float

Sets the threshold for the adjustment of the system clock that will generate a syslog message. Clock errors detected via NTP packets, reference clocks, or timestamps entered via the settime command of chronyc are logged.

Default value: 0.5

package_ensure

Data type: String[1]

This can be set to 'present' or 'latest' or a specific version to choose the chrony package to be installed.

Default value: 'present'

package_name

Data type: String[1]

This determines the name of the package to install.

Default value: 'chrony'

package_source

Data type: Optional[String]

Source for the package when not wanting to install from a package repository. This is required if package_provider is set to rpm or dpkg.

Default value: undef

package_provider

Data type: Optional[String]

Override the default package provider with a specific backend to use when installing the chrony package. Also see package_source.

Default value: undef

peers

Data type: Chrony::Servers

This selects the servers to use for NTP peers (symmetric association). It can be an array of peers or a hash of peers with their respective options.

Default value: []

servers

Data type: Chrony::Servers

This selects the servers to use for NTP servers. It can be an array of servers or a hash of servers to their respective options. If an array is used, iburst will be configured for each server. If you don't want to use iburst, use a hash instead.

Default value:

{
    '0.pool.ntp.org' => ['iburst'],
    '1.pool.ntp.org' => ['iburst'],
    '2.pool.ntp.org' => ['iburst'],
    '3.pool.ntp.org' => ['iburst'],
  }
pools

Data type: Chrony::Servers

This is used to specify one or more pools of NTP servers to use instead of individual NTP servers. Similar to server, it can be an array of pools, (using iburst), or a hash of pools to their respective options. See pool

Default value: {}

minsources

Data type: Optional[Integer[1]]

Sets the minimum number of sources that need to be considered as selectable in the source selection algorithm before the local clock is updated.

Default value: undef

minsamples

Data type: Optional[Integer[1]]

Specifies the minimum number of readings kept for tracking of the NIC clock.

Default value: undef

refclocks

Data type: Array

This should be a Hash of hardware reference clock drivers to use. They hash can either list a single list of options for the driver, or any array of multiple options if the same driver is used for multiple hardware clocks.

Example:

refclocks => { 'PPS' => [ '/dev/pps0 lock NMEA refid GPS',
                         '/dev/pps1:clear refid GPS2' ],
               'SHM' => '0 offset 0.5 delay 0.2 refid NMEA noselect' }

Default value: []

makestep_seconds

Data type: Numeric

Configures the makestep threshold. Normally chronyd will cause the system to gradually correct any time offset, by slowing down or speeding up the clock as required. If the adjustment is larger than makestep_seconds, chronyd will step the clock. Also see makestep_updates.

Default value: 10

makestep_updates

Data type: Integer

Configures the makestep limit. Chronyd will step the time only if there have been no more than makestep_updates clock updates. Set to a negative value to disable the limit (useful for virtual machines and laptops that may get suspended for a prolonged time). Also see makestep_seconds.

Default value: 3

queryhosts

Data type: Array[String[0]]

This adds the networks, hosts that are allowed to query the daemon.

Default value: []

denyqueryhosts

Data type: Array[String[0]]

Similar to queryhosts, except that it denies NTP client access to a particular subnet or host, rather than allowing it.

Default value: []

port

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Port]

Port the service should listen on. Module default is undef which means that port isn't added to chrony.conf, and chrony listens to the default ntp port 123 if queryhosts is used.

Default value: undef

service_enable

Data type: Boolean

This determines if the service should be enabled at boot.

Default value: true

service_ensure

Data type: Stdlib::Ensure::Service

This determines if the service should be running or not.

Default value: 'running'

service_manage

Data type: Boolean

This selects if puppet should manage the service in the first place.

Default value: true

service_name

Data type: String[1]

This selects the name of the chrony service for puppet to manage.

Default value: 'chronyd'

wait_enable

Data type: Boolean

This determines if the chrony-wait service should be enabled at boot.

Default value: false

wait_ensure

Data type: Stdlib::Ensure::Service

This determines if the chrony-wait service should be running or not.

Default value: 'stopped'

wait_manage

Data type: Boolean

This selects if puppet should manage the chrony-wait service in the first place.

Default value: false

wait_name

Data type: String[1]

This selects the name of the chrony-wait service for puppet to manage.

Default value: 'chrony-wait.service'

smoothtime

Data type: Optional[String]

Specify the smoothing of the time parameter as a string, for example smoothtime 50000 0.01.

Default value: undef

mailonchange

Data type: Optional[String[1]]

Specify the mail you wanna alert when chronyd executes a sync grater than the threshold.

Default value: undef

threshold

Data type: Float

Specify the time limit for triggering events.

Default value: 0.5

lock_all

Data type: Boolean

Force chrony to only use RAM & prevent swapping.

Default value: false

sched_priority

Data type: Optional[Integer[0,100]]

Set the CPU thread scheduler, this value is OS specific.

Default value: undef

leapsecmode

Data type: Optional[Enum['system', 'step', 'slew', 'ignore']]

Configures how to insert the leap second mode.

Default value: undef

leapsectz

Data type: Optional[String]

Specifies a timezone that chronyd can use to determine the offset between UTC and TAI.

Default value: undef

maxdistance

Data type: Optional[Float]

Sets the maximum root distance of a source to be acceptable for synchronisation of the clock.

Default value: undef

maxslewrate

Data type: Optional[Float]

Maximum rate for chronyd to slew the time. Only float type values possible, for example: maxslewrate 1000.0.

Default value: undef

ntsserverkey

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath]

This directive specifies a file containing a private key in the PEM format for chronyd to operate as an NTS server.

Default value: undef

ntsservercert

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath]

This directive specifies a file containing a certificate in the PEM format for chronyd to operate as an NTS server.

Default value: undef

ntsport

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Port]

This directive specifies the TCP port on which chronyd will provide the NTS Key Establishment (NTS-KE) service.

Default value: undef

maxntsconnections

Data type: Optional[Integer[0]]

This directive specifies the maximum number of concurrent NTS-KE connections per process that the NTS server will accept.

Default value: undef

ntsprocesses

Data type: Optional[Integer[0]]

This directive specifies how many helper processes will chronyd operating as an NTS server start for handling client NTS-KE requests in order to improve performance with multi-core CPUs and multithreading.

Default value: undef

ntsdumpdir

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Absolutepath]

This directive specifies a directory where chronyd operating as an NTS server can save the keys which encrypt NTS cookies provided to clients.

Default value: undef

ntsntpserver

Data type: Optional[String]

This directive specifies the hostname (as a fully qualified domain name) or address of the NTP server(s) which is provided in the NTS-KE response to the clients.

Default value: undef

ntsrotate

Data type: Optional[Integer[0]]

This directive specifies the rotation interval (in seconds) of the server key which encrypts the NTS cookies.

Default value: undef

clientlog

Data type: Boolean

Determines whether to log client accesses.

Default value: false

clientloglimit

Data type: Optional[Integer]

When set, specifies the maximum amount of memory in bytes that chronyd is allowed to allocate for logging of client accesses. If not set, chrony's, default will be used. In modern versions this is 524288 bytes. Older versions defaulted to have no limit. See clientloglimit

Default value: undef

rtcsync

Data type: Boolean

Sync system clock to RTC periodically

Default value: true

rtconutc

Data type: Boolean

Keep RTC in UTC instead of local time. If not set, chrony's, default will be used. On Arch Linux the default is true instead. See rtconutc

Default value: false

hwtimestamps

Data type: Variant[Hash,Array[String]]

This selects interfaces to enable hardware timestamps on. It can be an array of interfaces or a hash of interfaces to their respective options.

Default value: []

dumpdir

Data type: Optional[Stdlib::Unixpath]

Directory to store measurement history in on exit.

Default value: undef

maxupdateskew

Data type: Optional[Float]

Sets the threshold for determining whether an estimate might be so unreliable that it should not be used

Default value: undef

acquisitionport

Data type: Optional[Integer[1,65535]]

Sets the acquisitionport for client queries

Default value: undef

Data types

Chrony::Servers

This type is for the servers, pools and peers parameters.

Examples

A hash of servers
{
  'ntp1.example.com => [
    'minpoll 3',
    'maxpoll 6',
  ],
  'ntp2.example.com => [
    'iburst',
    'minpoll 4',
    'maxpoll 8',
  ],
}
An array of servers
[
  'ntp1.example.com',
  'ntp2.example.com',
]

Alias of Variant[Hash[Stdlib::Host, Optional[Array[String]]], Array[Stdlib::Host]]