# It can take several minutes before ntpd selects a server to synchronize with; # try checking after 17 minutes (1024 seconds). alarm: system_clock_sync_state on: system.clock_sync_state os: linux class: Errors type: System component: Clock calc: $state units: synchronization state every: 10s warn: $system.uptime.uptime > 17 * 60 AND $this == 0 delay: down 5m info: when set to 0, the system kernel believes the system clock is not properly synchronized to a reliable server to: silent