Setting Up Ubuntu Time & Date to a Network Time Server
In my network environment I like to have all my servers synced to a central network time server so that all my servers share the same time. This is especially useful when you are comparing logs from one server to another.
Steps:
- Installing ntpdate
- configuring ntpdate to a time server
First things first! Let’s download the package on to your ubuntu box.
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install ntpdate
Once you have the package installed, we’re going to have to point it to a time server. You can find a list of ntp servers around the globe here.
Since I live in the USA, I’m going to use one of my local servers.
ntpdate 0.us.pool.ntp.org
When I enter the above command I get a reply like this:
5 Jun 19:12:42 ntpdate[4157]: adjust time server 216.14.97.75 offset 0.001588 sec
That’s it. You should now be synchronized with a network server. This will now keep all of your server referencing one central location for their time and date.
Enjoy.
