Check ntp-chronyd

Overview

This plugin checks the clock offset of chronyd in milliseconds compared to ntp servers. It also prints

  • Reference ID

  • Stratum

  • Ref time (UTC)

  • System time

  • Last offset

  • RMS offset

  • Frequency

  • Residual freq

  • Skew

  • Root delay

  • Root dispersion

  • Update interval

  • Leap status

The stratum of the NTP time source determines its quality. The stratum is equal to the number of hops to a reference clock (which is stratum 0). A NTP server connected directly to the reference clock is Stratum 1, a client connected to this NTP server is Stratum 2, etc.

Fact Sheet

Check Plugin Download

https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/ntp-chronyd

Check Interval Recommendation

Once a minute

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Compiled for

Linux

Help

usage: ntp-chronyd [-h] [-V] [-c CRIT] [--test TEST] [-w WARN]

This plugin checks the clock offset of chronyd in milliseconds compared to ntp
servers.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -c CRIT, --critical CRIT
                        Set the critical threshold for the ntp time offset, in
                        ms. Default: 86400000ms
  --test TEST           For unit tests. Needs "path-to-stdout-file,path-to-
                        stderr-file,expected-retc".
  -w WARN, --warning WARN
                        Set the warning threshold for the ntp time offset, in
                        ms. Default: 800ms

Usage Examples

./ntp-chronyd --warning 500 --critical 10000

Output:

NTP offset is 0.698234ms, Stratum is 3, Leap status is Normal

Reference ID    : C3BA0165 (bwntp1pool.bluewin.ch)
Stratum         : 3
Ref time (UTC)  : Sun Aug 07 10:02:47 2022
System time     : 0.000254363 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000698234 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.028022379 seconds
Frequency       : 23.159 ppm fast
Residual freq   : -0.032 ppm
Skew            : 6.203 ppm
Root delay      : 0.068764083 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.016749078 seconds
Update interval : 518.9 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

States

  • WARN or CRIT if ntp offset is below or above a given threshold.

  • WARN if stratum is >= 9.

  • WARN if no NTP server is used.

  • WARN if no NTP server is found.

Perfdata / Metrics

Name

Type

Description

frequency

Number

last_offset

Milliseconds

Time offset in ms

residual_freq

Number

rms_offset

Milliseconds

root_delay

Milliseconds

root_dispersion

Milliseconds

skew

Number

stratum

Number

Stratum

Troubleshooting

OS Error „2 No such file or directory“ calling command „chronyc tracking“

You don’t have chronyd.

No NTP server used.

This message occurs when chronyd is running, and chronyd does (currently) not use any ntp server.

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