The Chronyd service is enabled
Description
chrony is a daemon which implements the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is designed to
synchronize system clocks across a variety of systems and use a source that is highly
accurate. More information on chrony can be found at
http://chrony.tuxfamily.org/.
Chrony can be configured to be a client and/or a server.
To enable Chronyd service, you can run:
# systemctl enable chronyd.service
This recommendation only applies if chrony is in use on the system.
Rationale
If chrony is in use on the system proper configuration is vital to ensuring time
synchronization is working properly.
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ] && { dpkg-query --show --showformat='${db:Status-Status}\n' 'chrony' 2>/dev/null | grep -q installed; }; then
SYSTEMCTL\_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL\_EXEC" unmask 'chrony.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL\_EXEC" start 'chrony.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL\_EXEC" enable 'chrony.service'
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Ansible playbook
The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.
- name: Gather the package facts
package\_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- enable\_strategy
- low\_complexity
- low\_disruption
- medium\_severity
- no\_reboot\_needed
- service\_chronyd\_enabled
- name: Enable service chrony
block:
- name: Gather the package facts
package\_facts:
manager: auto
- name: Enable service chrony
systemd:
name: chrony
enabled: 'yes'
state: started
masked: 'no'
when:
- '"chrony" in ansible\_facts.packages'
when:
- ansible\_virtualization\_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
- '"chrony" in ansible\_facts.packages'
tags:
- enable\_strategy
- low\_complexity
- low\_disruption
- medium\_severity
- no\_reboot\_needed
- service\_chronyd\_enabled
