[PVE-User] ntp(d) or systemd-timesyncd?

[Alwin Antreich]

Hi Marco,

On 10/04/2016 04:59 PM, Marco Gaiarin wrote:
> 
> I prefere to install debian jessie, and then ''upgrade'' to proxmox,
> following:
> 
> 	https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Jessie
> 
> 
> looking at my servers/log, i've noticed that both 'ntpd' and
> 'systemd-timesyncd' are active.
> 
> Considering that:
> 
> 1) 'systemd-timesyncd' in debian jessie is normally disabled, so seems
>  that is proxmox that enable it
> 
> 2) 'systemd-timesyncd' it is a reasonable choice, there's no reason to
>  have a proxmox node that is also a NTP server...
> 
> 3) probably i've installed ntp myself, doing cut and paste from:
> 
> 	https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Jessie#Install_Proxmox_VE_packages
> 
>  eg:
> 	apt-get install proxmox-ve ntp ssh postfix ksm-control-daemon open-iscsi systemd-sysv
> 
> 
> probably the 'apt-get install' row was taken from previous, non-systemd
> debian version, and can be removed.
> 
> Or both are needed?

Only one is needed and on PVE 4 the default is timesyncd.

> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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Cheers,
Alwin