Use chrony to lock kvm virtualized vm to host rtc
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Chrony uses PHC via VirtIO PTP on KVM to sync the virtial mashines time to
the hosts RTC within nanoseconds. Ntpd is still used for anything else
not virtualized on kvm.
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Jan 2020-09-04 18:36:50 +02:00
parent d647550425
commit f5cc5cea9c
5 changed files with 88 additions and 8 deletions

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- name: Restart ntpd - name: Restart ntpd
service: name=ntpd state=restarted service: name=ntpd state=restarted
- name: Restart chrony
service: name=chrony state=restarted

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---
# Use chronyd to lock time via PHC to hosts RTC
- name: Install chrony
apt:
name: chrony
state: latest
install_recommends: no
- name: Load kmod ptp_kvm at boot time
blockinfile:
path: /etc/modules-load.d/ptp_kvm.conf
create: yes
owner: root
mode: '0400'
block: |
# Load VirtIO PTP driver for chrony
ptp_kvm
register: load_ptp_kvm
when:
- ansible_virtualization_role == 'guest'
- ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'
- name: Load kmod ptp_kvm
modprobe:
name: ptp_kvm
state: present
when: not (load_ptp_kvm is skipped)
- name: Configure chronyd
template:
src: chrony.conf.j2
dest: /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
notify: Restart chrony

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--- ---
# Select best time source
# * on kvm sync to hypervisor rtc within nanoseconds accuracy
# * on anything else use ntpd wich supports only milliseconds accuracy
- name: Install ntp - name: Setup chrony
apt: name=ntp include_tasks: chrony.yml
register: ntp_use_chrony
when:
- ansible_virtualization_role == 'guest'
- ansible_virtualization_type == 'kvm'
- name: Configure ntp - name: Setup ntpd
template: src=ntp.conf.j2 dest=/etc/ntp.conf include_tasks: ntp.yml
notify: Restart ntp when:
- ntp_use_chrony is skipped
- name: Start the ntp service
service: name=ntp state=started enabled=yes

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roles/ntp/tasks/ntp.yml Normal file
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---
- name: Install ntp
apt: name=ntp
- name: Configure ntp
template: src=ntp.conf.j2 dest=/etc/ntp.conf
notify: Restart ntp
- name: Start the ntp service
service: name=ntp state=started enabled=yes

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# {{ ansible_managed }}
{% if not (load_ptp_kvm is skipped) %}
refclock PHC /dev/ptp0 poll 2
{% elif ntp_servers is defined %}
{% for srv in ntp_servers %}
server {{ srv }} iburst
{% endfor %}
{% else %}
pool 2.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst
{% endif %}
{% if ntp_peers is defined %}
{% for peer in ntp_peers %}
peer {{ peer }}
{% endfor %}
{% endif %}
keyfile /etc/chrony/chrony.keys
driftfile /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
logdir /var/log/chrony
maxupdateskew 100.0
rtcsync
makestep 1 3
# Do not allow chronyc for security reasons
cmdport 0