Technical Tip :FortiGate VM time is out of sync er...

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Article Id 243479

Description

This article describes how to write the message about FortiGate showing 'FortiGate time is out of sync error' by configuring the parameters from CLI.

Scope

FortiGate VM 7.2.3

Solution

1) If the following message appears, log out of the session.

2) Log in with the admin user then log out.

3) Go to Taskbar Windows, 'right-click' on Date Time section -> Adjust Date & Time.

If the following configuration appears, disable 'Set Time Automatically'.

4) Login to the Firewall with the admin account and set the following commands:

# config system ntp
set ntpsync enable
set type custom
set syncinterval 30
config ntpserver
edit 1
set server 202.234.233.106
next
edit 2
set server 219.188.200.128
next
end
end

5) The message has disappeared.

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Technical Tip :FortiGate VM time is out of sync error/alert