Set Server Time - illumina DRAGEN v3 Site Prep And Installation Manual

Illumina DRAGEN Server v3 Site Prep and Installation Guide

Set Server Time

Set Server Time to Local Time Zone
1 Log in as root.
2 Check if the current server time reflects the local time zone using the date command. Enter:
date
3 Check for a nearby city with the correct time zone using the timedatectl list-timezones
command.
For example, use the following command to find time zones in Asia:
timedatectl list-timezones | grep Asia
4 Change the server time to local time using the timedatectl set-timezone command.
Example:
timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Singapore
5 To make sure that the server time has changed, enter:
date
ls -l /etc/localtime
Synchronize Server Time to NTP Server
1 Log in as root.
2 Check if chrony daemon is running. Enter:
systemctl enable chronyd
3 If the result from the previous command shows inactive or dead, enable the chrony daemon. Enter:
systemctl enable chronyd
4 To start the daemon, enter:
systemctl start chronyd
5 Edit /etc/chrony.conf using vi. Enter:
vi /etc/chrony.conf
6 Replace the default NTP server settings to the local NTP server.
Example:
<original default settings>
server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 3.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
<settings to use local NTP server/s>
server 192.168.1.1 iburst
server 192.168.1.2 iburst
7 To save the file, enter:
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