| Re: [chrony-dev] Can we add refid to peers and servers? |
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 12:31:55PM +0200, Nuno Gonçalves wrote:
> I would like to be able to identify from chronyc sources/sourcestats
> the corresponding server on the configuration file.
>
> Currently I can only obtain the IP address or the reverse DNS lookup.
>
> Could it fit in the runtime structure/monitoring protocol a additional
> field for either the original DNS name used in the config, or
> eventually a user free text tag set with refid?
Yes, but it would be an incompatible change, breaking existing
clients. It would be useful. My use case would be support for adding
NTP servers from the DHCPv6 option which provides hostnames (unlike IP
addresses in DHCP).
Also, we will probably need some support for hostnames in the protocol
for NTS, which requires the hostname to verify the certificate. At
least for the "add" command. The question is how to do it without
breaking compatibility.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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