From the course: Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200) Cert Prep: 1 Deploy, Configure, and Manage (2021)

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Configure a system to use network time protocol

Configure a system to use network time protocol

From the course: Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200) Cert Prep: 1 Deploy, Configure, and Manage (2021)

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Configure a system to use network time protocol

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- [Instructor] Setting the date and time from the GUI is fairly easy. You can use any of your VMs for this exercise. Be sure you're logged-in on the GUI and go into overview mode by clicking your mouse pointer in the top left hand corner. Now type in date and time and hit Enter. This interface is pretty simple, but it allows you to change the date, time, and time zone, as well as have them automatically updated. We can also choose a 12 or 24-hour clock. Our computers get their time information from various sources. Every computer has a real-time clock or RTC that keeps time when the computer is off. When the computer is turned on, the OS reads the real-time clock and then keeps tying from that point on. If we set up Network Time Protocol or NTP. Our computer will contact a time server somewhere on the internet and adjust the time accordingly. This method is the most accurate, but requires a network connection. To…

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