Ntp Receiver

Available in: contrib Maintainers: @atoulme, @paulojmdias Source: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Supported Telemetry

endpoint: (default = pool.ntp.org:123) Endpoint of the NTP server. Must be formatted as {host}:{port}.
collection_interval: (default = 30m): This receiver collects metrics on an interval. This value must be a string readable by Golang’s time.ParseDuration. Valid time units are ns, us (or µs), ms, s, m, h.
initial_delay (default = 1s): defines how long this receiver waits before starting.
metrics (default: see DefaultMetricsSettings here): Allows enabling and disabling specific metrics from being collected in this receiver.

receivers:
  ntp:
    endpoint: pool.ntp.org:123
    collection_interval: 1h
    initial_delay: 5m

The full list of settings exposed for this receiver are documented in config.go with detailed sample configurations in testdata/config.yaml.

Details about the metrics produced by this receiver can be found in metadata.yaml

Metric Name	Description	Unit	Type	Attributes
✅ `ntp.offset`	Time difference between local and NTP server clocks	ns	Gauge

Attribute Name	Description	Type	Enabled
`ntp.host`	NTP server used. Corresponds to configured `host`.	string	✅

Last generated: 2026-04-13