---
name: "tlsdated.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "tlsdate"
version: "0.0.13-1~deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tlsdated.conf"
---

# tlsdated.conf(5)

tlsdated config file

## NAME

tlsdated.conf - tlsdated config file

## SYNTAX

**tlsdated.conf** is the configuration file for the **[tlsdated(8)](/tlsdated/8.md)** daemon. The config file is formatted as a list of key-value pairs, one per line, separated by whitespace. Whitespace inside values is preserved, so

foo   bar baz quxx

represents the key **foo** mapping to the value **bar baz quxx**. Empty lines and lines beginning with **#** are ignored; leading whitespace on lines is stripped. For boolean options, the value **yes** or no value at all indicates that the option should be switched on, and all other values indicate that the option should be switched off. *Note that trailing whitespace is* *preserved in values.*

## OPTIONS

- base-path \[string\]

  Sets the path to tlsdated's cache directory.

- dry-run \[bool\]

  If enabled, don't actually adjust the system time.

- jitter \[int\]

  Add or subtract up to this many seconds from the steady-state interval when checking. This helps prevent correlation between sequential checks and smooth load on time hosts.

- max-tries \[int\]

  How many times to try running the tlsdate subprocess.

- min-steady-state-interval \[int\]

  Do not check more than once this many seconds when in steady state.

- should-load-disk \[bool\]

  If enabled, try loading the current timestamp out of the cache directory.

- should-netlink \[bool\]

  If enabled, use a netlink socket to get network events; otherwise, read network events from stdin.

- should-save-disk \[bool\]

  If enabled, save the current timestamp to the cache directory every so often and at exit.

- should-sync-hwclock \[bool\]

  If enabled, set the hwclock to the fetched time.

- steady-state-interval \[int\]

  Check at least once this many seconds when in steady state.

- subprocess-timeout \[int\]

  How many seconds to wait for the subprocess to exit.

- verbose \[bool\]

  If enabled, tlsdated will be annoyingly verbose in syslog and on stdout.

- wait-between-tries \[int\]

  How long to wait between runs of the subprocess.

## SOURCES

You can list one or more sources to fetch time from. The format of these is:

source

host www.example.com\
 port 443\
 proxy socks5://127.0.0.1:9050

end

## BUGS

It's likely! Let us know by contacting jacob@appelbaum.net

Note that **[tlsdated(8)](/tlsdated/8.md)** is in Beta, and may not work as expected.

## AUTHOR

Jacob Appelbaum \<jacob at appelbaum dot net\>

## SEE ALSO

**[tlsdate(1)](/tlsdate/1.md),** **[tlsdate-helper(1)](/tlsdate-helper/1.md),** **[tlsdated(8)](/tlsdated/8.md),**