As a network guy, you will work with NTP (Network Time Protocol) lots for your network devices.
“The protocol is usually described in terms of a client-server model, but can as easily be used in peer-to-peer relationships where both peers consider the other to be a potential time source.Implementations send and receive timestamps using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) on port number 123. They can also use broadcasting or multicasting, where clients passively listen to time updates after an initial round-trip calibrating exchange. NTP supplies a warning of any impending leap second adjustment, but no information about local time zones or daylight saving time is transmitted.”
1. Install NTP Server
a. Check your linux release
[root@syslov1p ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.6 (Final)
b. [root@syslov1p ~]# yum install ntp
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Setting up Install Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Package ntp-4.2.6p5-2.el6.centos.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
2. Modify /etc/ntp.conf
a. add trusted time server, in my case it is 10.9.1.1. Other configuration could be default.
b. Restart ntpd service
[root@syslov1p ~]# service ntpd restartShutting down ntpd: [ OK ]Starting ntpd: [ OK ][root@syslov1p ~]# service ntpd stopShutting down ntpd: [ OK ][root@syslov1p ~]# service ntpd startStarting ntpd: [ OK ]
c. Also you could restrict only specific clients
restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap
d. add local clock as backup
server 127.127.1.0 # local clockfudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
3. Verify NTP Status
[root@syslov1p ~]# ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter==============================================================================*10.9.1.1 193.108.184.92 3 u 25 64 377 2.173 4.430 3.906
b. Manually synchronize time
[root@syslov1p ~]# ntpdate -u 10.9.1.116 Mar 20:38:58 ntpdate[2671]: adjust time server 10.9.1.1 offset -0.005387 sec
c. on your linux NTP client, you could start your ntp client Daemon and check the ntp client status
[root@syslov1p ~]# /etc/init.d/ntpd start
Starting ntpd:
[root@syslov1p ~]# ntpdc -c sysinfo
system peer: r-1-hsrp.mgmt.intern
system peer mode: client
leap indicator: 00
stratum: 4
precision: -19
root distance: 0.18851 s
root dispersion: 1.09599 s
reference ID: [10.9.1.1]
reference time: d8b1b105.8e2ff185 Mon, Mar 16 2015 20:44:05.555
system flags: auth monitor ntp kernel stats
jitter: 0.000000 s
stability: 0.000 ppm
broadcastdelay: 0.000000 s
authdelay: 0.000000 s
[root@syslov1p ~]# service ntpd status
ntpd (pid 28807) is running…
[root@syslov1p ~]# chkconfig –list
abrt-ccpp 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
abrt-oops 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
abrtd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
acpid 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
atd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
auditd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
avahi-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
blk-availability 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
certmonger 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
cgconfig 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
cgred 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
chronyd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
cpuspeed 0:off 1:on 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
crond 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
dnsmasq 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
dsmc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ebtables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
fusioninventory-agent 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
haldaemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
htcacheclean 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ip6tables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
irqbalance 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
iscsi 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
iscsid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
kdump 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ksm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ksmtuned 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
libvirt-guests 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
libvirtd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
lm_sensors 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
lvm2-monitor 0:off 1:on 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
mcelogd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
mdmonitor 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
messagebus 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netcf-transaction 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netconsole 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nmb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nrpe 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
nslcd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
ntpdate 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
numad 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
oddjobd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
portreserve 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
postfix 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
psacct 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
quota_nld 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
radvd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rdisc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
restorecond 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rngd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rpcbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rpcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
smartd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
sshd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
svnserve 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
syslog-ng 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sysstat 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
udev-post 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
xe-linux-distribution 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
[root@syslov2p ~]# service –status-all | less
auditd is stopped
crond (pid 1087) is running…
dsmc is stopped
dsmcad is stopped
fusioninventory-agent is stopped
ip6tables: Firewall is not running.
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
1 ACCEPT all — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
2 ACCEPT icmp — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
3 ACCEPT all — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0
4 ACCEPT tcp — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:22
5 ACCEPT tcp — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:5666
6 ACCEPT tcp — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:1500
7 ACCEPT tcp — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:1501
8 REJECT all — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
1 REJECT all — 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num target prot opt source destination
ktune settings are not applied.
No sensors found!
Make sure you loaded all the kernel drivers you need.
Try sensors-detect to find out which these are.
lvmetad is stopped
messagebus (pid 863) is running…
netconsole module not loaded
Configured devices:
lo eth0
Currently active devices:
lo eth0
nrpe (pid 973) is running…
nscd is stopped
nslcd is stopped
ntpd (pid 961) is running…
master (pid 1071) is running…
Process accounting is disabled.
qpidd is stopped
rdisc is stopped
rpcbind (pid 804) is running…
rsyslogd (pid 778) is running…
sandbox is stopped
saslauthd is stopped
openssh-daemon (pid 932) is running…
syslog-ng is stopped
tuned is stopped
winbindd is stopped
os_distro=”centos”
os_majorver=”6″
os_minorver=”6″
os_uname=”2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64″
os_name=”CentOS release 6.6 (Final)”
[root@syslov2p ~]# netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 932/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 1071/master
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5666 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 973/nrpe
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 804/rpcbind
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:973 0.0.0.0:* 804/rpcbind
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* 804/rpcbind
udp 0 0 10.9.1.132:123 0.0.0.0:* 961/ntpd
udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:123 0.0.0.0:* 961/ntpd
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:123 0.0.0.0:* 961/ntpd