From 80239ea808b99d351e78fab5f897ea92d0175a81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ming Di Leom <2809763-curben@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 09:45:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] post(openwrt-nts): persist config across reboots

---
 source/_posts/nts-openwrt.md | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_posts/nts-openwrt.md b/source/_posts/nts-openwrt.md
index 9fae592..7e0be70 100644
--- a/source/_posts/nts-openwrt.md
+++ b/source/_posts/nts-openwrt.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: Configuring NTS in OpenWRT
 excerpt: Obtain time in an authenticated manner
 date: 2024-10-12
+updated: 2025-05-08
 tags:
   - openwrt
 ---
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ uci set chrony.netnod.nts='yes'
 
 Use NTS only.
 
-```plain /var/etc/chrony.d/20-nts.conf
+```plain /etc/chrony.d/20-nts.conf
 # Require at least 2 reachable sources
 minsources 2
 
@@ -57,10 +58,22 @@ authselectmode require
 cmdport 0
 ```
 
+The actual config is actually in "/var/etc/chrony.d/", but the "/var" folder is not persistent across reboot.
+So, a workaround is to save it into "/etc/chrony.d/", then copy to "/var" after boot.
+
+Append these lines to "/etc/rc.local" before `exit 0`.
+
+```sh /etc/rc.local
+sleep 60
+mkdir -p "/var/etc/chrony.d/"
+cp "/etc/chrony.d/20-nts.conf" "/var/etc/chrony.d/20-nts.conf"
+service chronyd restart
+```
+
 Preserve the config during upgrade.
 
 ```
-echo "/var/etc/chrony.d/20-nts.conf" >> /etc/sysupgrade.conf
+echo "/etc/chrony.d/" >> /etc/sysupgrade.conf
 ```
 
 Commit the changes and restart the daemon.