Configuring time synchronization

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  1. From an administrative account on Enterprise Server, in the upper-right corner of any page, click .
  2. If you're not already on the "Site admin" page, in the upper-left corner, click Site admin.
  3. In the " Site admin" sidebar, click Management Console.
  4. In the "Settings" sidebar, click Time.
  5. Under "Primary NTP server," type the hostname of the primary NTP server.
  6. Under "Secondary NTP server," type the hostname of the secondary NTP server.
  7. Under the "Settings" sidebar, click Save settings.
  8. Wait for the configuration run to complete.

The NTP protocol continuously corrects small time synchronization discrepancies. You can use the administrative shell to synchronize time immediately.

Note

  • You can't modify the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) zone.
  • You should prevent your hypervisor from trying to set the virtual machine's clock. For more information, see the documentation provided by the virtualization provider.
  • Use the chronyc command to synchronize the server with the configured NTP server. For example:
sudo chronyc -a makestep