nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:

with lib;

let

  inherit (pkgs) ntp;

  cfg = config.services.ntp;

  stateDir = "/var/lib/ntp";

  configFile = pkgs.writeText "ntp.conf" ''
    driftfile ${stateDir}/ntp.drift

    restrict default ${toString cfg.restrictDefault}
    restrict -6 default ${toString cfg.restrictDefault}
    restrict source ${toString cfg.restrictSource}

    restrict 127.0.0.1
    restrict -6 ::1

    ${toString (map (server: "server " + server + " iburst\n") cfg.servers)}

    ${cfg.extraConfig}
  '';

  ntpFlags = [ "-c" "${configFile}" "-u" "ntp:ntp" ] ++ cfg.extraFlags;

in

{

  ###### interface

  options = {

    services.ntp = {

      enable = mkOption {
        type = types.bool;
        default = false;
        description = ''
          Whether to synchronise your machine's time using ntpd, as a peer in
          the NTP network.

          Disables `systemd.timesyncd` if enabled.
        '';
      };

      restrictDefault = mkOption {
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        description = ''
          The restriction flags to be set by default.

          The default flags prevent external hosts from using ntpd as a DDoS
          reflector, setting system time, and querying OS/ntpd version. As
          recommended in section 6.5.1.1.3, answer "No" of
          https://support.ntp.org/Support/AccessRestrictions
        '';
        default = [ "limited" "kod" "nomodify" "notrap" "noquery" "nopeer" ];
      };

      restrictSource = mkOption {
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        description = ''
          The restriction flags to be set on source.

          The default flags allow peers to be added by ntpd from configured
          pool(s), but not by other means.
        '';
        default = [ "limited" "kod" "nomodify" "notrap" "noquery" ];
      };

      servers = mkOption {
        default = config.networking.timeServers;
        defaultText = literalExpression "config.networking.timeServers";
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        description = ''
          The set of NTP servers from which to synchronise.
        '';
      };

      extraConfig = mkOption {
        type = types.lines;
        default = "";
        example = ''
          fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
        '';
        description = ''
          Additional text appended to {file}`ntp.conf`.
        '';
      };

      extraFlags = mkOption {
        type = types.listOf types.str;
        description = "Extra flags passed to the ntpd command.";
        example = literalExpression ''[ "--interface=eth0" ]'';
        default = [];
      };

    };

  };


  ###### implementation

  config = mkIf config.services.ntp.enable {
    meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];

    # Make tools such as ntpq available in the system path.
    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.ntp ];
    services.timesyncd.enable = mkForce false;

    systemd.services.systemd-timedated.environment = { SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES = "ntpd.service"; };

    users.users.ntp =
      { isSystemUser = true;
        group = "ntp";
        description = "NTP daemon user";
        home = stateDir;
      };
    users.groups.ntp = {};

    systemd.services.ntpd =
      { description = "NTP Daemon";

        wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
        wants = [ "time-sync.target" ];
        before = [ "time-sync.target" ];

        preStart =
          ''
            mkdir -m 0755 -p ${stateDir}
            chown ntp ${stateDir}
          '';

        serviceConfig = {
          ExecStart = "@${ntp}/bin/ntpd ntpd -g ${builtins.toString ntpFlags}";
          Type = "forking";
        };
      };

  };

}