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billdozor [Network Time Protocol (NTP)] 		linux_wiki:ntp [2019/05/25 23:50]
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-====== Network Time Protocol (NTP) ====== 
  
-**General Information** 
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-Time is important on any system for automated jobs, log files, security, etc. This quick how to will get NTP up and running on a Linux server. 
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-**Checklist** 
-  * Distro: Enterprise Linux 6 
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-===== Install NTP Packages ===== 
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-The packages: 
-  * ntp - the ntp daemon service 
-  * ntpdate - a utility to run ad-hoc for time setting 
-  * ntp-doc - ntp documentation 
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-<code bash> 
-yum install ntp ntpdate ntp-doc 
-</code> 
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-===== NTP Service On Boot ===== 
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-<code bash> 
-chkconfig ntpd on 
-</code> 
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-===== Ad-hoc Initial Time Sync ===== 
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-<code bash> 
-ntpdate pool.ntp.org 
-</code> 
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-===== Edit /etc/ntp.conf and Setup Time Servers ===== 
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-Visit http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/north-america and verify the current ntp servers. 
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-They most likely are still (2015-01-07): 
-  * server 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org 
-  * server 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 
-  * server 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org 
-  * server 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org 
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-Add the above server lines to /etc/ntp.conf in place of the default servers. 
-<code bash> 
-vim /etc/ntp.conf 
-</code> 
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-===== Start NTP Service ===== 
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-Finally, start the NTP daemon service. 
-<code bash> 
-/etc/init.d/ntpd start 
-</code> 
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