From 26f7d3214fd0b1f5531b770ea963909c28e78673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Blundon <ryan.blundon@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 15:41:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] switched ntp client to chrony

---
 .../playbooks/roles/common/handlers/main.yml  |  4 ++--
 ansible/playbooks/roles/common/main.yml       |  2 +-
 ansible/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 .../roles/common/templates/chrony.conf.j2     |  5 +++++
 .../roles/common/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2  |  4 ----
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/chrony.conf.j2
 delete mode 100644 ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2

diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
index 32d8244..e11d030 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/handlers/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # FILE: roles/common/handlers/main.yml
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- name: restart timesyncd
+- name: restart chrony
   systemd:
-    name: systemd-timesyncd
+    name: chrony
     state: restarted
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/main.yml
index 6818447..cce71a7 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 common_timezone: America/Chicago
 
-common_ntp_server: 10.1.71.33  # sundial
+common_ntp_server: sundial.local.mk-labs.cloud
 
 common_packages:
   - curl
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index f50b49e..d2bb058 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@
     name: "{{ common_packages }}"
     state: present
 
-- name: Configure NTP to use sundial
-  template:
-    src: timesyncd.conf.j2
-    dest: /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
-    mode: '0644'
-  notify: restart timesyncd
+- name: Install chrony
+  apt:
+    name: chrony
+    state: present
 
-- name: Ensure systemd-timesyncd is enabled and running
+- name: Configure chrony to use sundial
+  template:
+    src: chrony.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify: restart chrony
+
+- name: Ensure chrony is enabled and running
   systemd:
-    name: systemd-timesyncd
+    name: chrony
     state: started
     enabled: yes
 
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/chrony.conf.j2 b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/chrony.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30835d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/chrony.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Managed by Ansible — do not edit manually
+server {{ common_ntp_server }} iburst
+driftfile /var/lib/chrony/chrony.drift
+makestep 1.0 3
+rtcsync
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2 b/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ab749..0000000
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/common/templates/timesyncd.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Managed by Ansible — do not edit manually
-[Time]
-NTP={{ common_ntp_server }}
-FallbackNTP=ntp.ubuntu.com