# This test verifies that systemd-timesyncd can resolve the NTP server hostname when DNSSEC validation # fails even though it is enforced in the systemd-resolved settings. It is required in order to solve # the chicken-and-egg problem when DNSSEC validation needs the correct time to work, but to set the # correct time, we need to connect to an NTP server, which usually requires resolving its hostname. # # This test does the following: # - Sets up a DNS server (tinydns) listening on the eth1 ip addess, serving .ntp and fake.ntp records. # - Configures that DNS server as a resolver and enables DNSSEC in systemd-resolved settings. # - Configures systemd-timesyncd to use fake.ntp hostname as an NTP server. # - Performs a regular DNS lookup, to ensure it fails due to broken DNSSEC. # - Waits until systemd-timesyncd resolves fake.ntp by checking its debug output. # Here, we don't expect systemd-timesyncd to connect and synchronize time because there is no NTP # server running. For this test to succeed, we only need to ensure that systemd-timesyncd # resolves the IP address of the fake.ntp host. import ./make-test-python.nix ( { pkgs, ... }: let ntpHostname = "fake.ntp"; ntpIP = "192.0.2.1"; in { name = "systemd-timesyncd"; nodes.machine = { pkgs, lib, config, ... }: let eth1IP = (lib.head config.networking.interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses).address; in { # Setup a local DNS server for the NTP domain on the eth1 IP address services.tinydns = { enable = true; ip = eth1IP; data = '' .ntp:${eth1IP} +.${ntpHostname}:${ntpIP} ''; }; # Enable systemd-resolved with DNSSEC and use the local DNS as a name server services.resolved.enable = true; services.resolved.dnssec = "true"; networking.nameservers = [ eth1IP ]; # Configure systemd-timesyncd to use our NTP hostname services.timesyncd.enable = lib.mkForce true; services.timesyncd.servers = [ ntpHostname ]; services.timesyncd.extraConfig = '' FallbackNTP=${ntpHostname} ''; # The debug output is necessary to determine whether systemd-timesyncd successfully resolves our NTP hostname or not systemd.services.systemd-timesyncd.environment.SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL = "debug"; }; testScript = '' machine.wait_for_unit("tinydns.service") machine.wait_for_unit("systemd-timesyncd.service") machine.fail("resolvectl query ${ntpHostname}") machine.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl -u systemd-timesyncd.service --grep='Resolved address ${ntpIP}:123 for ${ntpHostname}'") ''; } )