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Is there any issue with running systemd-timesyncd and ntp on the same machine?
I'm asking this because I have started using NTP on all servers but the systemd-timesyncd is running there as well. Should I disable it? Any issues with both running?
It shouldn't be necessary to disable systemd-timesyncd if you install ntp, because the ntp service configuration includes the following:
# grep -i conflict /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service
Conflicts=systemd-timesyncd.service
The same applies for the chrony service on newer Ubuntu versions.
There have been startup bugs in the past which meant systemd-timesyncd tried to adjust the clock while another NTP server is running, producing harmless-but-annoying errors in the system logs. So there should be no harm in disabling systemd-timesyncd if that's what you prefer.
ntp not started on a reboot. (from what I know, that happens when port 123 is already in use). So there must be some sort of side effect...
Feb 18, 2021 at 1:17
systemctl status ntp.service output straight after boot to confirm. But again, there have been startup bugs in the past which should be long-fixed by now if your packages are up-to-date. I haven't seen NTP fail to start on boot for a long time.
Feb 18, 2021 at 2:07