{ config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; let inherit (pkgs) ntp; stateDir = "/var/lib/ntp"; ntpUser = "ntp"; configFile = pkgs.writeText "ntp.conf" '' # Keep the drift file in ${stateDir}/ntp.drift. However, since we # chroot to ${stateDir}, we have to specify it as /ntp.drift. driftfile /ntp.drift ${toString (map (server: "server " + server + " iburst\n") config.services.ntp.servers)} ''; ntpFlags = "-c ${configFile} -u ${ntpUser}:nogroup -i ${stateDir}"; in { ###### interface options = { services.ntp = { enable = mkOption { default = true; description = '' Whether to synchronise your machine's time using the NTP protocol. ''; }; servers = mkOption { default = [ "0.pool.ntp.org" "1.pool.ntp.org" "2.pool.ntp.org" ]; description = '' The set of NTP servers from which to synchronise. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf config.services.ntp.enable { # Make tools such as ntpq available in the system path environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntp ]; users.extraUsers = singleton { name = ntpUser; uid = config.ids.uids.ntp; description = "NTP daemon user"; home = stateDir; }; jobs.ntpd = { description = "NTP Daemon"; wantedBy = [ "ip-up.target" ]; partOf = [ "ip-up.target" ]; path = [ ntp ]; preStart = '' mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir} chown ${ntpUser} ${stateDir} ''; exec = "ntpd -g -n ${ntpFlags}"; }; }; }