Technical Tip: Steps to configure the NTP Server

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Article Id 290137

Description

The article describes how a user can sync the Instance NTP.

Scope

FortiSIEM Version 6.4.0 and later.

Solution

To configure the NTP Server:

Verify if the chronyd service is up and running:

systemctl status chronyd.service
Add the organization's NTP Server with the desired NTP of the instance synced in the below format by editing the file using:

vi /etc/chrony.conf
server <IP> iburst
Restart the chronyd services:

systemctl restart chronyd.service
It is possible to verify the sync and sources by the below command:

timedatectl
chronyc sources

Note that this is an OS-related configuration, for performing the above task it is possible to refer to any Linux (RHEL, Rocky Linux)OS Document.

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