[libvirt] [PATCH] libvirt-guests: wait for ntp service

Michal Privoznik mprivozn at redhat.com
Fri Sep 19 07:57:09 UTC 2014


On 08.09.2014 18:30, Jim Fehlig wrote:
> If an NTP server is configured on the host, it is possible for
> libvirt-guests to start before the NTP service, in which case
> guest clocks won't be synchronized to the host clock.
>
> Add ntp-wait.service to "After" in libvirt-guests systemd service
> file, ensuring NTP has synchronized the host clock before starting
> any guests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Fehlig <jfehlig at suse.com>
> ---
>   tools/libvirt-guests.service.in | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
> index d8d7adf..226b3bd 100644
> --- a/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
> +++ b/tools/libvirt-guests.service.in
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>   [Unit]
>   Description=Suspend Active Libvirt Guests
> -After=network.target libvirtd.service
> +After=network.target libvirtd.service ntp-wait.service
>   Documentation=man:libvirtd(8)
>   Documentation=http://libvirt.org
>
>

Well, guest can have their own ntp-client (and in most cases they do, 
right?). I mean, since guests can be paused, saved & restored back, 
their time is often off. So the best is to have an ntp-client running 
inside the guest.

Michal




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