timesyncd 介绍

systemd-timesyncd 通过网络提供系统时钟同步的服务，通过实现 SNTP client 功能实现时钟同步。

介绍

• systemd-timesyncd 与 ntp / Chrony 区别
  • systemd-timesyncd 只实现 SNTP client 功能实现时钟同步，不能作为 NTP 服务器
  • systemd-timesyncd 更精简和轻量级

使用

安装

• ubuntu

sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd

配置文件

• /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf

[Time]
#NTP=
#FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com
#RootDistanceMaxSec=5
#PollIntervalMinSec=32
#PollIntervalMaxSec=2048

• 示例

[Time]
NTP=ntp.aliyun.com ntp.ntsc.ac.cn cn.ntp.org.cn
FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org

启动服务

systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service
systemctl start systemd-timesyncd.service
systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service

timedatectl 工具

help

$ timedatectl --help
timedatectl [OPTIONS...] COMMAND ...

Query or change system time and date settings.

Commands:
  status                   Show current time settings
  show                     Show properties of systemd-timedated
  set-time TIME            Set system time
  set-timezone ZONE        Set system time zone
  list-timezones           Show known time zones
  set-local-rtc BOOL       Control whether RTC is in local time
  set-ntp BOOL             Enable or disable network time synchronization

systemd-timesyncd Commands:
  timesync-status          Show status of systemd-timesyncd
  show-timesync            Show properties of systemd-timesyncd

Options:
  -h --help                Show this help message
     --version             Show package version
     --no-pager            Do not pipe output into a pager
     --no-ask-password     Do not prompt for password
  -H --host=[USER@]HOST    Operate on remote host
  -M --machine=CONTAINER   Operate on local container
     --adjust-system-clock Adjust system clock when changing local RTC mode
     --monitor             Monitor status of systemd-timesyncd
  -p --property=NAME       Show only properties by this name
  -a --all                 Show all properties, including empty ones
     --value               When showing properties, only print the value

See the timedatectl(1) man page for details.

示例

# 查看状态
$ timedatectl status
               Local time: xxx
           Universal time: xxx UTC
                 RTC time: xxx
                Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (CST, +0800)
System clock synchronized: yes
              NTP service: active  # NTP 已启动

# 查看 systemd-timedated 属性
timedatectl show

# 激活 NTP
timedatectl set-ntp true

# 查看同步状态
timedatectl timesync-status

timedatectl show-timesync --all

扩展

Linux 系统中存在两个时钟：

• RTC(Real Time Clock, 硬件时钟) 指主板上的时钟，BIOS 中可设置，独立电源，关机正常计算时间
• SC(System Clock, 系统时钟) 指 OS Kernel 的时钟，值是 1970-01-01 00:00:00+000 UTC 时间到当前时间的秒数总和
  • 系统启动时，从硬件获取时间，然后独立计时；系统时钟和硬件时钟会存在差异

F&Q

Unit file /etc/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service is masked

$ systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service
Failed to enable unit: Unit file /etc/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service is masked.

• 执行

sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd

Failed to query server: Failed to activate service ‘org.freedesktop.timedate1’: timed out (service_start_timeout=25000ms)

systemctl restart systemd-timedated