[ntp:questions] chrony as a server

William Unruh unruh at invalid.ca
Mon Feb 16 07:59:52 UTC 2015


On 2015-02-16, David Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On 15/02/2015 22:40, Rob wrote:
>> I am experimenting with chrony 1.31 as an alternative on some PPS
>> synchronized servers.   It appears to run OK, it is tracking very nicely:
> []
>
> For me, there are two show-stoppers with Chrony:
>
> - no support for standard NTP monitoring commands.

?? There are chonyc which is its own monitoring. chrony is not ntpd, so
why would you expect ntpc monitoring commands to work?

>
> - no support for ref-clocks on Windows.

No support for windows at all, never mind refclocks.
>
> Like many others, I have built up a considerable monitoring architecture 
> based on using ntpq, in particular the ntpq -crv, and ntpq -pn 
> commands.  Any replacement whether it be Chrony or ntimed would need to 
> address this.  Remote monitoring is an essential requirement, and 
> compatibility with the installed base would be a huge advantage.
>



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