Simple NTP Daemon

A lightweight, high-performance NTP (Network Time Protocol) daemon written in C++.

Features

• High Performance: Optimized for low-latency time synchronization
• Cross-Platform: Supports macOS, Linux, and Windows
• Configurable: Flexible configuration options
• Secure: Built with security best practices
• Containerized: Full Docker support for development and deployment

Quick Start

Using Docker (Recommended)

# Build for all platforms
./scripts/build-docker.sh -d all

# Run the NTP daemon
docker-compose --profile runtime up simple-ntpd

# Development environment
docker-compose --profile dev up dev

Local Development

# Install dependencies
make deps

# Build the project
make build

# Run tests
make test

# Install
make install

Help System

The project includes a comprehensive modular help system:

# Quick reference
make help

# Complete reference
make help-all

# Category-specific help
make help-build       # Build and development targets
make help-package     # Package creation targets
make help-deps        # Dependency management targets
make help-service     # Service management targets
make help-docker      # Docker targets
make help-config      # Configuration management targets
make help-platform    # Platform-specific targets

Docker Infrastructure

Multi-Platform Support

The Docker setup supports multiple Linux distributions and architectures:

• Distributions: Ubuntu, CentOS, Alpine Linux
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64, armv7

Build Profiles

# Development environment
docker-compose --profile dev up dev

# Runtime container
docker-compose --profile runtime up simple-ntpd

# Build for specific distribution
docker-compose --profile build build build-ubuntu
docker-compose --profile build build build-centos
docker-compose --profile build build build-alpine

Automated Building

Use the build script for automated cross-platform building:

# Build for all distributions
./scripts/build-docker.sh -d all

# Build for specific distribution
./scripts/build-docker.sh -d ubuntu

# Clean build cache
./scripts/build-docker.sh --clean

Development

Prerequisites

• CMake 3.15+
• C++17 compatible compiler
• OpenSSL
• JsonCPP

Development Tools

# Install development tools (macOS)
make dev-deps

# Install development tools (Homebrew alternative)
make dev-deps-brew

# Run code quality checks
make format
make lint
make security-scan

Testing

# Run tests
make test

# Run tests with verbose output
make test-verbose

# Run tests in debug mode
make dev-test

Building

Local Build

# Standard build
make build

# Debug build
make debug

# Release build
make release

# Development build
make dev-build

Package Creation

# Create platform-specific packages
make package

# Create source package
make package-source

# Create all package formats
make package-all

Service Management

Installation

# Install system service
make service-install

# Check service status
make service-status

# Start service
make service-start

# Stop service
make service-stop

Platform Support

• macOS: launchd service
• Linux: systemd service
• Windows: Windows Service

Configuration

Installation

# Install configuration files
make config-install

# Backup configuration
make config-backup

# Install log rotation
make log-rotate

Security

The project includes comprehensive security scanning:

# Run security scan
make security-scan

# Run static analysis
make analyze

# Check code style
make check-style

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests and quality checks
5. Submit a pull request

Code Quality

# Format code
make format

# Run linting
make lint

# Run security scan
make security-scan

License

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Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed history of changes.