ntp: allow anytime time step on VMs

diff --git a/cookbooks/ntp/templates/default/chrony.conf.erb b/cookbooks/ntp/templates/default/chrony.conf.erb
index 7f54a898f4539fe381ebda20f272aacea185d775..aa6992d776e1bca1a9b1a4908898f7e79474dce5 100644 (file)
--- a/cookbooks/ntp/templates/default/chrony.conf.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/ntp/templates/default/chrony.conf.erb
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@ maxupdateskew 100.0
 # real-time clock. Note that it can’t be used along with the 'rtcfile' directive.
 rtcsync
 
+<% if node[:virtualization][:role] == "guest" -%>
+# Allow anytime step on VM guests
+makestep 1 -1
+<% else -%>
 # Step the system clock instead of slewing it if the adjustment is larger than
 # one second, but only in the first three clock updates.
 makestep 1 3
+<% end -%>
 
 # Enable leap second slew
 leapsecmode slew