[ntp:questions] multiple instances of NTP on different interfaces

Uwe Klein uwe at klein-habertwedt.de
Thu Mar 7 11:42:50 UTC 2013


Rob wrote:
> Uwe Klein <uwe at klein-habertwedt.de> wrote:
> 
>>Abu Abdullah wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 12:41 AM, E-Mail Sent to this address will be added
>>>to the BlackLists <Null at blacklist.anitech-systems.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>unruh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>He has gotten himself totally confused about what his
>>>>>real job and desires are, it seems to me.
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps its something like, he needs to provide ntp to the
>>>>pool due to really high vendor zone useage by his appliances?
>>>>
>>>>Still sounds like two machines would be better than one.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Both are important for us. I can conclude from all the responses that there
>>>is no an out of the box solution for the same. I need to have separate OS
>>>(or zone).
>>
>>Look into changeroot prisons.
>>Some (Linux) distributions already run ntpd in a change rooted prison.
>>Should be easy to adapt that to a dual setup.
> 
> 
> This isolates only the filesystem, not the network sockets.
> Het described a problem with the sharing of the network sockets.

Is there an uncircumventable need to share?

I would add a set of IP's to the loopback or link-local interface.
Have instance A of ntp use 169.254.0.22
Have instance B of ntp use 169.254.0.44
as access to a common network.

voila?

uwe



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