Behind this simple description, there is a lot of complexity - there are tiers of NTP servers, with the tier one NTP servers connected to atomic clocks, and tier two and three servers spreading the load of actually handling requests across the Internet. Also the client software is a lot more complex than you might think - it has to factor out communication delays, and adjust the time in a way that does not upset all the other processes that run on the server. But luckily all that complexity is hidden from you!
Ubuntu uses ntpdate and ntpd.
* [timedatectl][4]
* [timesyncd][5]
* [ntpdate][6]
* [timeservers][7]
* [ntpd][8]
* [安装][9]
* [配置][10]
* [View status][11]
* [PPS Support][12]
* [参考资料][13]
### timedatectl
In recent Ubuntu releasestimedatectlreplacesntpdate. By defaulttimedatectlsyncs the time once on boot and later on uses socket activation to recheck once network connections become active.
Ifntpdate / ntpis installedtimedatectlsteps back to let you keep your old setup. That shall ensure that no two time syncing services are fighting and also to retain any kind of old behaviour/config that you had through an upgrade. But it also implies that on an upgrade from a former release ntp/ntpdate might still be installed and therefore renders the new systemd based services disabled.
### timesyncd
In recent Ubuntu releasestimesyncdreplaces the client portion ofntpd. By defaulttimesyncdregularly checks and keeps the time in sync. It also stores time updates locally, so that after reboots monotonically advances if applicable.
The current status of time and time configuration viatimedatectlandtimesyncdcan be checked withtimedatectl status.
```
timedatectl status
Local time: Fri 2016-04-29 06:32:57 UTC
Universal time: Fri 2016-04-29 06:32:57 UTC
RTC time: Fri 2016-04-29 07:44:02
Time zone: Etc/UTC (UTC, +0000)
Network time on: yes
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
```
If NTP is installed and replaces the activity oftimedatectlthe line "NTP synchronized" is set to yes.
The nameserver to fetch time fortimedatectlandtimesyncdfrom can be specified in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf and with flexible additional config files in /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf.d/.
### ntpdate
ntpdateis considered deprecated in favour oftimedatectland thereby no more installed by default. If installed it will run once at boot time to set up your time according to Ubuntu's NTP server. Later on anytime a new interface comes up it retries to update the time - while doing so it will try to slowly drift time as long as the delta it has to cover isn't too big. That behaviour can be controlled with the-B/-bswitches.
```
ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
```
### timeservers
By default the systemd based tools request time information at ntp.ubuntu.com. In classic ntpd based service uses the pool of [0-3].ubuntu.pool.ntp.org Of the pool number 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org as well as ntp.ubuntu.com also support ipv6 if needed. If one needs to force ipv6 there also is ipv6.ntp.ubuntu.com which is not configured by default.
### ntpd
The ntp daemon ntpd calculates the drift of your system clock and continuously adjusts it, so there are no large corrections that could lead to inconsistent logs for instance. The cost is a little processing power and memory, but for a modern server this is negligible.
### 安装
To install ntpd, from a terminal prompt enter:
```
sudo apt install ntp
```
### 配置
Edit/etc/ntp.confto add/remove server lines. By default these servers are configured:
```
# Use servers from the NTP Pool Project. Approved by Ubuntu Technical Board
# on 2011-02-08 (LP: #104525). See http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html for
# more information.
server 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
```
After changing the config file you have to reload thentpd:
```
sudo systemctl reload ntp.service
```
### View status
Use ntpq to see more info:
```
# sudo ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
+stratum2-2.NTP. 129.70.130.70 2 u 5 64 377 68.461 -44.274 110.334
+ntp2.m-online.n 212.18.1.106 2 u 5 64 377 54.629 -27.318 78.882
*145.253.66.170 .DCFa. 1 u 10 64 377 83.607 -30.159 68.343
+stratum2-3.NTP. 129.70.130.70 2 u 5 64 357 68.795 -68.168 104.612
+europium.canoni 193.79.237.14 2 u 63 64 337 81.534 -67.968 92.792
```
### PPS Support
Since 16.04 ntp supports PPS discipline which can be used to augment ntp with local timesources for better accuracy. For more details on configuration see the external pps ressource listed below.
### 参考资料
* See the[Ubuntu Time][1]wiki page for more information.
* [ntp.org, home of the Network Time Protocol project][2]
