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NTP Configuring the NTP Settings. Authelia checks the system time is in sync with an NTP server. This section describes how to configure and tune this. 2022-06-15T17:51:47+10:00 false
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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 during startup. This section configures and tunes the settings for this check which is primarily used to ensure TOTP can be accurately validated.

In the instance of inability to contact the NTP server or an issue with the synchronization Authelia will fail to start unless configured otherwise.

Configuration

{{< config-alert-example >}}

ntp:
  address: 'udp://time.cloudflare.com:123'
  version: 3
  max_desync: '3s'
  disable_startup_check: false
  disable_failure: false

Options

This section describes the individual configuration options.

address

{{< confkey type="string" default="time.cloudflare.com:123" required="no" >}}

Determines the address of the NTP server to retrieve the time from. The format is <host>:<port>, and both of these are required.

address

{{< confkey type="address" default="udp://time.cloudflare.com:123" required="no" >}}

Reference Note: This configuration option uses the address common syntax. Please see the documentation on this format for more information.

Configures the address for the NTP Server. The address itself is a connector and the scheme must be udp, udp4, or udp6.

Examples:

ntp:
  address: 'udp://127.0.0.1:123'
ntp:
  address: 'udp6://[fd00:1111:2222:3333::1]:123'

version

{{< confkey type="integer" default="4" required="no" >}}

Determines the NTP version supported. Valid values are 3 or 4.

max_desync

{{< confkey type="duration" default="3s" required="no" >}}

Reference Note: This configuration option uses the duration common syntax. Please see the documentation on this format for more information.

This is used to tune the acceptable desync from the time reported from the NTP server.

disable_startup_check

{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}

Setting this to true will disable the startup check entirely.

disable_failure

{{< confkey type="boolean" default="false" required="no" >}}

Setting this to true will allow Authelia to start and just log an error instead of exiting. The default is that if Authelia can contact the NTP server successfully, and the time reported by the server is greater than what is configured in max_desync that Authelia fails to start and logs a fatal error.