go-clockboundc

Golang Client for ClockBound.

Run the example

Prerequisites

chronyd must be running in order to run ClockBoundD.

Install Rust and Cargo

Rust and Cargo are required for building ClockBoundD. On Linux or another UNIX-like OS, run the following in your terminal.

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

See Installation section on The Cargo Book for more detail.

Install GCC

You may need to also install gcc:

sudo yum install gcc

Install ClockBoundD

Run cargo install and start ClockBoundD:

cargo install clock-bound-d
$HOME/.cargo/bin/clockboundd

If you want to daemonize ClockBoundD, see Systemd configuration.

Run

Now, you can run the example using go run command.

go run ./cmd/go-clockboundc-now

You will get the current system clock with a clock error bound.

2021/11/27 10:43:52 Synchronized
2021/11/27 10:43:52 Current:  2021-11-27 10:43:52.95958806 +0000 UTC
2021/11/27 10:43:52 Earliest: 2021-11-27 10:43:52.959488228 +0000 UTC
2021/11/27 10:43:52 Latest:   2021-11-27 10:43:52.959687892 +0000 UTC
2021/11/27 10:43:52 Range:    199.664µs

See Also

• ClockBound
• ClockBound Protocol Version 1
• Amazon Time Sync Service now makes it easier to generate and compare timestamps