Technical Tip: Configuring a FortiGate unit as a NTP server
Description
This article addresses the configuration of a FortiGate unit as an NTP server.
Scope
FortiGate.
Solution
When system time is configured from the System Information dashboard widget, the FortiGate unit can be configured to be an NTP server. As part of the NTP server configuration, one or more interfaces can be configured on which to listen for NTP requests. Among the Fortinet products, only FortiGate can currently be configured as an NTP server.
CLI configuration:
config system ntp
set ntpsync enable
set type fortiguard
set syncinterval 60
set source-ip 0.0.0.0
set source-ip6 ::
set server-mode enable
set authentication disable
set interface "fortilink"
set type fortiguard
set syncinterval 60
set source-ip 0.0.0.0
set source-ip6 ::
set server-mode enable
set authentication disable
set interface "fortilink"
end
