Rather than add all of our time servers by hand, we recommend that you use our pool domain instead - chrony.privex.cc - your time synchronisation software should be able to determine the best server from the pool and use it automatically.
For Chrony
Add the following line to /etc/chrony/chrony.conf
pool chrony.privex.cc iburst maxsources 8 minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
For NTP
Add the following line to /etc/ntp.conf
pool chrony.privex.cc iburst
Regional Pools
We have the following per-country pool domains too, if you prefer:
se.chrony.privex.io (Swedish NTP servers)fi.chrony.privex.io (Finnish NTP servers)de.chrony.privex.io (German NTP servers)Per continent pools:
europe.chrony.privex.cc (European Time Servers)america.chrony.privex.cc / north-america.chrony.privex.cc (USA / Canada Time Servers)asia.chrony.privex.cc (Asian Time Servers)We have many time servers spread across Europe, which are amalgamated via our pool chrony.privex.cc
If you'd like to know about our time servers, or you want to use specific nodes, here they are:
| Hostname | Time Server Software | Location | IPv4 | IPv6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | ||||
| se1.chrony.privex.cc | Chrony | Stockholm, Sweden | YES | YES |
| se2.chrony.privex.cc | Chrony | Stockholm, Sweden | YES | YES |
| de1.chrony.privex.cc | Chrony | Falkenstein, Germany | YES | YES |
| de2.chrony.privex.cc (de2.ntp.privex.cc) | NTPD | Falkenstein, Germany | YES | YES |
| fi1.chrony.privex.cc | Chrony | Helsinki, Finland | YES | YES |
| nl1.chrony.privex.cc | Chrony | Amsterdam, Netherlands | YES | YES |
Below is a chrony config formatted list of our time servers across the world.
####################################################################################
# Timeservers operated by Privex Inc. #
# https://www.privex.io/ #
####################################################################################
# #
# Main Privex Pool - returns all timeservers #
# #
####################################################################################
#
# This is simply a domain with A and AAAA records for all Privex-operated
# timeservers worldwide.
#
# Chrony should automatically figure out which servers have the lowest
# latency and prioritise them, filtering out or avoiding servers
# with high latency relative to your system.
#
# If you have a server in one of Privex's regions, it may be useful
# to ADDITIONALLY add one or more 'server' lines for timeservers in
# the same region, with the 'prefer' flag, since they're generally
# in the same datacenter, or even the same rack as servers in our regions.
#
# The prefer flag will prioritise those timeservers over much more
# congested public timeservers.
#
# e.g. if your server is in Privex's Sweden region:
# server se1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8 prefer
# server se2.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8 prefer
#
# NOTE: It's not a good idea to combine the chrony.privex.cc pool with
# a continent region pool (i.e. europe.chrony.privex.cc etc.)
#
####################################################################################
pool chrony.privex.cc iburst maxsources 8 minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
#####
# European Servers
#####
server se1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
server se2.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
server de1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
server de2.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
server fi1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
server nl1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
#####
# Asian Servers
#####
server jp1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
#####
# North American Servers
#####
server ca1.chrony.privex.cc iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
#####################
#
# Regional Pools
#
# In most cases, it's best to use the main pool (chrony.privex.cc),
# though in some rare cases, you may want to manually force chrony
# to only use timeservers local to the continent.
#
# These should be used INSTEAD of the main pool, if you want to ensure
# only servers located on the same general continent are used.
#
#####################
# European Pool
pool europe.chrony.privex.cc iburst maxsources 8 minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
# American Pool (US / Canada)
pool america.chrony.privex.cc iburst maxsources 8 minpoll 4 maxpoll 8
# Asian Pool (Japan and surrounding countries)
pool asia.chrony.privex.cc iburst maxsources 8 minpoll 4 maxpoll 8