chronyd: Could not open /dev/pps0 : No such file or directory

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Issue

The chrony service fails to start and following error message can be seen in the logs:

Dec 07 06:27:07 server systemd[1]: Starting NTP client/server...
Dec 07 06:27:07 server chronyd[7582]: chronyd version 3.5 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK +RTC +PRIVDROP +SCFILTER +SIGN>
Dec 07 06:27:07 server chronyd[7582]: Fatal error : Could not open /dev/pps0 : No such file or directory
Dec 07 06:27:07 server chronyd[7580]: Could not open /dev/pps0 : No such file or directory
Dec 07 06:27:07 server systemd[1]: chronyd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Dec 07 06:27:07 server systemd[1]: chronyd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 07 06:27:07 server systemd[1]: Failed to start NTP client/server.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4
  • chrony-3.5-2.el8
  • gpsd-3.19-4.el8.1

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