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title: "NTP"
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description: "Configuring the NTP Settings."
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lead: "Authelia checks the system time is in sync with an NTP server. This section describes how to configure and tune this."
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date: 2022-06-15T17:51:47+10:00
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draft: false
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images: []
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menu:
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configuration:
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parent: "miscellaneous"
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weight: 199300
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toc: true
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aliases:
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- /docs/configuration/ntp.html
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---
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Authelia has the ability to check the system time against an NTP server, which at the present time is checked only
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during startup. This section configures and tunes the settings for this check which is primarily used to ensure
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[TOTP](../second-factor/time-based-one-time-password.md) can be accurately validated.
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In the instance of inability to contact the NTP server or an issue with the synchronization Authelia will fail to start
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unless configured otherwise.
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## Configuration
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```yaml
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ntp:
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address: "time.cloudflare.com:123"
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version: 3
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max_desync: 3s
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disable_startup_check: false
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disable_failure: false
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```
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## Options
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### address
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{{< confkey type="string" default="time.cloudflare.com:123" required="no" >}}
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Determines the address of the NTP server to retrieve the time from. The format is `<host>:<port>`, and both of these are
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required.
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### version
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{{< confkey type="integer" default="4" required="no" >}}
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Determines the NTP version supported. Valid values are 3 or 4.
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### max_desync
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{{< confkey type="duration" default="3s" required="no" >}}
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*__Note:__ This setting uses the [duration notation format](../prologue/common.md#duration-notation-format). Please see
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the [common options](../prologue/common.md#duration-notation-format) documentation for information on this format.*
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This is used to tune the acceptable desync from the time reported from the NTP server.
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### disable_startup_check
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{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}
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Setting this to true will disable the startup check entirely.
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### disable_failure
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{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}
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Setting this to true will allow Authelia to start and just log an error instead of exiting. The default is that if
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Authelia can contact the NTP server successfully, and the time reported by the server is greater than what is configured
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in [max_desync](#max_desync) that Authelia fails to start and logs a fatal error.
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