Custom NTP server in Talos Linux

Learn the process of activating a custom NTP server on your Talos Linux platform.

Goran Nushkov
Category: Linux | Series: Talos Linux Setup

16-04-2023 | 16-04-2023 | 71 words | One minute

Learn the process of activating a custom NTP server on your Talos Linux platform.

Series - Talos Linux Setup

In this example, we will use the NTP server from Cloudflare.

Tip

You can do this before installing Talos, or if you have already installed it, do it with talosctl edit machineconfig.

Configuration

This configuration has to be done on every node. Here is the configuration (click to expand):

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machine:
  time:
    disabled: false # Indicates if the time service is disabled for the machine.
    servers:
        - time.cloudflare.com