NTP-CTL(8)                          ntpd-rs                         NTP-CTL(8)

NAME
       ntp-ctl - management client for the ntpd-rs ntp-daemon process

SYNOPSIS
       ntp-ctl validate [-c path]
       ntp-ctl status [-f format] [-c path]
       ntp-ctl force-sync [-c path]
       ntp-ctl -h
       ntp-ctl -v

DESCRIPTION
       The ntp-ctl management client allows management of some aspects of the
       ntpd-rs daemon.  Currently the management client only allows displaying
       the current status of the daemon and validating a configuration file
       for usage with the daemon.

OPTIONS
       -c path, --config=path
              Path to the configuration file from which the observation socket
              address will be retrieved.  If not specified this defaults to
              /etc/ntpd-rs/ntp.toml.

       -f format, --format=format
              The output format for the status command.  If not specified this
              defaults to plain.  Alternatively the format prometheus is
              available to display the output in an OpenMetrics/Prometheus
              compatible format.

       -h, --help
              Display usage instructions.

       -v, --version
              Display version information.

COMMANDS
       validate
              Checks if the configuration specified (or /etc/ntpd-rs/ntp.toml
              by default) is valid.

       status Returns status information about the current state of the
              ntp-daemon that the client connects to.

       force-sync
              Interactively run a single synchronization of your clock.  This
              command can be used to do a one-off synchronization to the time
              sources configured in your configuration file.  This command
              should never be used without any validation by a human operator.

SEE ALSO
       ntp-daemon(8), ntp-metrics-exporter(8), ntp.toml(5)

ntpd-rs 1.5.0                                                       NTP-CTL(8)