@end table
@end deftp
-@cindex NTP
+@cindex NTP (Network Time Protocol), service
@cindex real time clock
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} ntp-service [#:ntp @var{ntp}] @
- [#:servers @var{%ntp-servers}] @
- [#:allow-large-adjustment? #f]
-Return a service that runs the daemon from @var{ntp}, the
-@uref{http://www.ntp.org, Network Time Protocol package}. The daemon will
-keep the system clock synchronized with that of @var{servers}.
-@var{allow-large-adjustment?} determines whether @command{ntpd} is allowed to
-make an initial adjustment of more than 1,000 seconds.
-@end deffn
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} ntp-service-type
+This is the type of the service running the the @uref{http://www.ntp.org,
+Network Time Protocol (NTP)} daemon, @command{ntpd}. The daemon will keep the
+system clock synchronized with that of the specified NTP servers.
+
+The value of this service is an @code{ntpd-configuration} object, as described
+below.
+@end defvr
+
+@deftp {Data Type} ntp-configuration
+This is the data type for the NTP service configuration.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{servers} (default: @code{%ntp-servers})
+This is the list of servers (host names) with which @command{ntpd} will be
+synchronized.
+
+@item @code{allow-large-adjustment?} (default: @code{#f})
+This determines whether @command{ntpd} is allowed to make an initial
+adjustment of more than 1,000 seconds.
+
+@item @code{ntp} (default: @code{ntp})
+The NTP package to use.
+@end table
+@end deftp
@defvr {Scheme Variable} %ntp-servers
-List of host names used as the default NTP servers.
+List of host names used as the default NTP servers. These are servers of the
+@uref{https://www.ntppool.org/en/, NTP Pool Project}.
@end defvr
@cindex OpenNTPD
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
;;; Copyright © 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Sou Bunnbu <iyzsong@gmail.com>
(elogind-service)
(dbus-service)
- (ntp-service)
+ (service ntp-service-type)
x11-socket-directory-service
ntp-configuration?
(ntp ntp-configuration-ntp
(default ntp))
- (servers ntp-configuration-servers)
+ (servers ntp-configuration-servers
+ (default %ntp-servers))
(allow-large-adjustment? ntp-allow-large-adjustment?
(default #f)))
(description
"Run the @command{ntpd}, the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
daemon of the @uref{http://www.ntp.org, Network Time Foundation}. The daemon
-will keep the system clock synchronized with that of the given servers.")))
+will keep the system clock synchronized with that of the given servers.")
+ (default-value (ntp-configuration))))
-(define* (ntp-service #:key (ntp ntp)
+(define* (ntp-service #:key (ntp ntp) ;deprecated
(servers %ntp-servers)
allow-large-adjustment?)
"Return a service that runs the daemon from @var{ntp}, the