{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let inherit (pkgs) 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") config.services.ntp.servers)} ''; ntpFlags = "-c ${configFile} -u ${ntpUser}:nogroup"; in { ###### interface options = { services.ntp = { enable = mkOption { default = !config.boot.isContainer; description = '' Whether to synchronise your machine's time using the NTP protocol. ''; }; servers = mkOption { default = [ "0.nixos.pool.ntp.org" "1.nixos.pool.ntp.org" "2.nixos.pool.ntp.org" "3.nixos.pool.ntp.org" ]; description = '' The set of NTP servers from which to synchronise. ''; }; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf config.services.ntp.enable { # Make tools such as ntpq available in the system path. environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntp ]; users.extraUsers = singleton { name = ntpUser; uid = config.ids.uids.ntp; description = "NTP daemon user"; home = stateDir; }; systemd.services.ntpd = { description = "NTP Daemon"; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; preStart = '' mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir} chown ${ntpUser} ${stateDir} ''; serviceConfig = { ExecStart = "@${ntp}/bin/ntpd ntpd -g ${ntpFlags}"; Type = "forking"; }; }; }; }