{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let inherit (pkgs) ntp; cfg = config.services.ntp; stateDir = "/var/lib/ntp"; ntpUser = "ntp"; configFile = pkgs.writeText "ntp.conf" '' driftfile ${stateDir}/ntp.drift restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict -6 ::1 ${toString (map (server: "server " + server + " iburst\n") cfg.servers)} ''; ntpFlags = "-c ${configFile} -u ${ntpUser}:nogroup ${toString cfg.extraFlags}"; in { ###### interface options = { services.ntp = { enable = mkOption { default = false; description = '' Whether to synchronise your machine's time using the NTP protocol. ''; }; servers = mkOption { default = config.networking.timeServers; description = '' The set of NTP servers from which to synchronise. ''; }; extraFlags = mkOption { type = types.listOf types.str; description = "Extra flags passed to the ntpd command."; default = []; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf config.services.ntp.enable { # Make tools such as ntpq available in the system path. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntp ]; services.timesyncd.enable = mkForce false; users.users = singleton { name = ntpUser; uid = config.ids.uids.ntp; description = "NTP daemon user"; home = stateDir; }; systemd.services.ntpd = { description = "NTP Daemon"; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; wants = [ "time-sync.target" ]; before = [ "time-sync.target" ]; preStart = '' mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir} chown ${ntpUser} ${stateDir} ''; serviceConfig = { ExecStart = "@${ntp}/bin/ntpd ntpd -g ${ntpFlags}"; Type = "forking"; }; }; }; }