From bb50acdcb8073654ea667b8c0272e335bd43f844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 20:12:14 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.34.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- collectors/timex.plugin/README.md | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'collectors/timex.plugin/README.md') diff --git a/collectors/timex.plugin/README.md b/collectors/timex.plugin/README.md index 79947441f..18665f807 100644 --- a/collectors/timex.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/timex.plugin/README.md @@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/timex # timex.plugin -This plugin monitors the system clock synchronization state on Linux nodes. +This plugin monitors the system kernel clock synchronization state. -This plugin creates two charts: +This plugin creates the following charts: -- System clock synchronization state -- Computed time offset between local system and reference clock +- System clock synchronization state according to the system kernel +- System clock status which gives the value of the `time_status` variable in the kernel +- Computed time offset between local system and reference clock + +This is obtained from the information provided by the [ntp_adjtime()](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/adjtimex.2.html) system call. +An unsynchronized clock may indicate a hardware clock error, or an issue with UTC synchronization. ## Configuration @@ -19,11 +23,9 @@ Edit the `netdata.conf` configuration file using [`edit-config`](/docs/configure Scroll down to the `[plugin:timex]` section to find the available options: -``` +```ini [plugin:timex] # update every = 1 # clock synchronization state = yes # time offset = yes ``` - -[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fcollectors%2Ftimex.plugin%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)](<>) -- cgit v1.2.3