Description | This article describes how to change the time zone on a FortiSIEM appliance later post installation using configFSM.sh is done already. |
Scope | FortiSIEM v6.X. |
Solution |
Step 1: View the Current Time Zone.
Look for 'Time zone:' in the output.
# timedatectl
# timedatectl list-timezones
# timedatectl list-timezones | grep "America/N"
To change the time zone to 'America/New_York', use either of the below methods to change the time zone.
# timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
OR
# rm /etc/localtime
# timedatectl
For the VM appliance, take a VM snapshot and then reboot the FortiSIEM appliance (Supervisor/workers/collector).
# phxctl reboot |
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