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Install and configure NTP services

Install and configure NTP services

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Install and configure NTP services

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- [Instructor] For this exercise, be sure your logged in to RH host one as user one, and have a terminal open. The chrony server and client should already be installed by default. But to be sure, type into a terminal sudo space yum space install space dash y space chrony, and hit enter. This will not hurt anything if it's already installed. After making sure chrony is installed, we need to make sure the service is running. To do this, we'll use systemctl. Type in clear, and then type in sudo space systemctl space status space chronyd, and hit enter. This shows our chronyd service status. Mine is running, but if it was not, I would want to start it by typing clear, and then typing sudo space systemctl space start space chronyd. And to make it start automatically at boot, I bring my line back, and change start to enable. Again, this will not hurt anything if it's already running and persistent. Now, chronyd will start when the system boots up. The chrony package includes the chronyd NTP…

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