Chrony is a flexible implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is used to synchronize the system clock from different NTP servers, reference clocks or via manual input. It can also be used NTPv4 server to provide time service to other servers in the same network. … chronyc – command line interface for chrony.

Is chrony better than NTP?

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Things chronyd can do better than ntpd are: chronyd can work well when external time references are only intermittently accessible, whereas ntpd needs regular polling of time reference to work well. chronyd can perform well even when the network is congested for longer periods of time.

How do I know if chrony is running?

To check if chrony is synchronized, use the tracking, sources, and sourcestats commands. Run the chronyc tracking command to check chrony tracking. Alternatively you could run chronyc to display a chronyc> prompt, and then run the tracking command from the chronyc> prompt.