Technical Tip: Configuring a FortiGate unit as a NTP server

[rameshk_FTNT]

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"

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