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#
# This is an example chrony configuration file. You should copy it to
# /etc/chrony.conf after uncommenting and editing the options that you
# want to enable. The more obscure options are not included. Refer
# to the documentation for these.
#
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### COMMENTS
# Any of the following lines are comments (you have a choice of
# comment start character):
# a comment
% a comment
! a comment
; a comment
#
# Below, the '!' form is used for lines that you might want to
# uncomment and edit to make your own chrony.conf file.
#
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### SPECIFY YOUR NTP SERVERS
# Most computers using chrony will send measurement requests to one or
# more 'NTP servers'. You will probably find that your Internet Service
# Provider or company have one or more NTP servers that you can specify.
# Failing that, there are a lot of public NTP servers. There is a list
# you can access at http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome or
# you can use servers from the pool.ntp.org project.
! server foo.example.net iburst
! server bar.example.net iburst
! server baz.example.net iburst
! pool pool.ntp.org iburst
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### AVOIDING POTENTIALLY BOGUS CHANGES TO YOUR CLOCK
#
# To avoid changes being made to your computer's gain/loss compensation
# when the measurement history is too erratic, you might want to enable
# one of the following lines. The first seems good with servers on the
# Internet, the second seems OK for a LAN environment.
! maxupdateskew 100
! maxupdateskew 5
# If you want to increase the minimum number of selectable sources
# required to update the system clock in order to make the
# synchronisation more reliable, uncomment (and edit) the following
# line.
! minsources 2
# If your computer has a good stable clock (e.g. it is not a virtual
# machine), you might also want to reduce the maximum assumed drift
# (frequency error) of the clock (the value is specified in ppm).
! maxdrift 100
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### FILENAMES ETC
# Chrony likes to keep information about your computer's clock in files.
# The 'driftfile' stores the computer's clock gain/loss rate in parts
# per million. When chronyd starts, the system clock can be tuned
# immediately so that it doesn't gain or lose any more time. You
# generally want this, so it is uncommented.
driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift
# If you want to enable NTP authentication with symmetric keys, you will need
# to uncomment the following line and edit the file to set up the keys.
! keyfile /etc/chrony.keys
# chronyd can save the measurement history for the servers to files when
# it it exits. This is useful in 2 situations:
#
# 1. On Linux, if you stop chronyd and restart it with '-r' (e.g. after
# an upgrade), the old measurements will still be relevant when chronyd
# is restarted. This will reduce the time needed to get accurate
# gain/loss measurements, especially with a dial-up link.
#
# 2. Again on Linux, if you use the RTC support and start chronyd with
# '-r -s' on bootup, measurements from the last boot will still be
# useful (the real time clock is used to 'flywheel' chronyd between
# boots).
#
# Enable these two options to use this.
! dumponexit
! dumpdir /var/lib/chrony
# chronyd writes its process ID to a file. If you try to start a second
# copy of chronyd, it will detect that the process named in the file is
# still running and bail out. If you want to change the path to the PID
# file, uncomment this line and edit it. The default path is shown.
! pidfile /var/run/chronyd.pid
# If the system timezone database is kept up to date and includes the
# right/UTC timezone, chronyd can use it to determine the current
# TAI-UTC offset and when will the next leap second occur.
! leapsectz right/UTC
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### INITIAL CLOCK CORRECTION
# This option is useful to quickly correct the clock on start if it's
# off by a large amount. The value '1.0' means that if the error is less
# than 1 second, it will be gradually removed by speeding up or slowing
# down your computer's clock until it is correct. If the error is above
# 1 second, an immediate time jump will be applied to correct it. The
# value '3' means the step is allowed only in the first three updates of
# the clock. Some software can get upset if the system clock jumps
# (especially backwards), so be careful!
! makestep 1.0 3
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### LOGGING
# If you want to log information about the time measurements chronyd has
# gathered, you might want to enable the following lines. You probably
# only need this if you really enjoy looking at the logs, you want to
# produce some graphs of your system's timekeeping performance, or you
# need help in debugging a problem.
! logdir /var/log/chrony
! log measurements statistics tracking
# If you have real time clock support enabled (see below), you might want
# this line instead:
! log measurements statistics tracking rtc
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### ACTING AS AN NTP SERVER
# You might want the computer to be an NTP server for other computers.
# e.g. you might be running chronyd on a dial-up machine that has a LAN
# sitting behind it with several 'satellite' computers on it.
#
# By default, chronyd does not allow any clients to access it. You need
# to explicitly enable access using 'allow' and 'deny' directives.
#
# e.g. to enable client access from the 192.168.*.* class B subnet,
! allow 192.168/16
# .. but disallow the 192.168.100.* subnet of that,
! deny 192.168.100/24
# You can have as many allow and deny directives as you need. The order
# is unimportant.
# If you want chronyd to act as an NTP broadcast server, enable and edit
# (and maybe copy) the following line. This means that a broadcast
# packet is sent to the address 192.168.1.255 every 60 seconds. The
# address MUST correspond to the broadcast address of one of the network
# interfaces on your machine. If you have multiple network interfaces,
# add a broadcast line for each.
! broadcast 60 192.168.1.255
# If you want to present your computer's time for others to synchronise
# with, even if you don't seem to be synchronised to any NTP servers
# yourself, enable the following line. The value 10 may be varied
# between 1 and 15. You should avoid small values because you will look
# like a real NTP server. The value 10 means that you appear to be 10
# NTP 'hops' away from an authoritative source (atomic clock, GPS
# receiver, radio clock etc).
! local stratum 10
# Normally, chronyd will keep track of how many times each client
# machine accesses it. The information can be accessed by the 'clients'
# command of chronyc. You can disable this facility by uncommenting the
# following line. This will save a bit of memory if you have many
# clients and it will also disable support for the interleaved mode.
! noclientlog
# The clientlog size is limited to 512KB by default. If you have many
# clients, you might want to increase the limit.
! clientloglimit 4194304
# By default, chronyd tries to respond to all valid NTP requests from
# allowed addresses. If you want to limit the response rate for NTP
# clients that are sending requests too frequently, uncomment and edit
# the following line.
! ratelimit interval 3 burst 8
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### REPORTING BIG CLOCK CHANGES
# Perhaps you want to know if chronyd suddenly detects any large error
# in your computer's clock. This might indicate a fault or a problem
# with the server(s) you are using, for example.
#
# The next option causes a message to be written to syslog when chronyd
# has to correct an error above 0.5 seconds (you can use any amount you
# like).
! logchange 0.5
# The next option will send email to the named person when chronyd has
# to correct an error above 0.5 seconds. (If you need to send mail to
# several people, you need to set up a mailing list or sendmail alias
# for them and use the address of that.)
! mailonchange wibble@foo.example.net 0.5
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### COMMAND ACCESS
# The program chronyc is used to show the current operation of chronyd
# and to change parts of its configuration whilst it is running.
# By default chronyd binds to the loopback interface. Uncomment the
# following lines to allow receiving command packets from remote hosts.
! bindcmdaddress 0.0.0.0
! bindcmdaddress ::
# Normally, chronyd will only allow connections from chronyc on the same
# machine as itself. This is for security. If you have a subnet
# 192.168.*.* and you want to be able to use chronyc from any machine on
# it, you could uncomment the following line. (Edit this to your own
# situation.)
! cmdallow 192.168/16
# You can add as many 'cmdallow' and 'cmddeny' lines as you like. The
# syntax and meaning is the same as for 'allow' and 'deny', except that
# 'cmdallow' and 'cmddeny' control access to the chronyd's command port.
# Rate limiting can be enabled also for command packets. (Note,
# commands from localhost are never limited.)
! cmdratelimit interval -4 burst 16
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### HARDWARE TIMESTAMPING
# On Linux, if the network interface controller and its driver support
# hardware timestamping, it can significantly improve the accuracy of
# synchronisation. It can be enabled on specified interfaces only, or it
# can be enabled on all interfaces that support it.
! hwtimestamp eth0
! hwtimestamp *
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### REAL TIME CLOCK
# chronyd can characterise the system's real-time clock. This is the
# clock that keeps running when the power is turned off, so that the
# machine knows the approximate time when it boots again. The error at
# a particular epoch and gain/loss rate can be written to a file and
# used later by chronyd when it is started with the '-s' option.
#
# You need to have 'enhanced RTC support' compiled into your Linux
# kernel. (Note, these options apply only to Linux.)
! rtcfile /var/lib/chrony/rtc
# Your RTC can be set to keep Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) or local
# time. (Local time means UTC +/- the effect of your timezone.) If you
# use UTC, chronyd will function correctly even if the computer is off
# at the epoch when you enter or leave summer time (aka daylight saving
# time). However, if you dual boot your system with Microsoft Windows,
# that will work better if your RTC maintains local time. You take your
# pick!
! rtconutc
# By default chronyd assumes that the enhanced RTC device is accessed as
# /dev/rtc. If it's accessed somewhere else on your system (e.g. you're
# using devfs), uncomment and edit the following line.
! rtcdevice /dev/misc/rtc
# Alternatively, if not using the -s option, this directive can be used
# to enable a mode in which the RTC is periodically set to the system
# time, with no tracking of its drift.
! rtcsync
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### REAL TIME SCHEDULER
# This directive tells chronyd to use the real-time FIFO scheduler with the
# specified priority (which must be between 0 and 100). This should result
# in reduced latency. You don't need it unless you really have a requirement
# for extreme clock stability. Works only on Linux. Note that the "-P"
# command-line switch will override this.
! sched_priority 1
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### LOCKING CHRONYD INTO RAM
# This directive tells chronyd to use the mlockall() syscall to lock itself
# into RAM so that it will never be paged out. This should result in reduced
# latency. You don't need it unless you really have a requirement
# for extreme clock stability. Works only on Linux. Note that the "-m"
# command-line switch will also enable this feature.
! lock_all