How to Setup NTP on CentOS 7

Posted on by Jordansphere

This is a quick start guide to set up NTP on Centos 7

 

1. Install NTP service 

yum install ntp

 

2.  Start service 

systemctl start ntpd

 

3.  Enable service 

systemctl enable ntpd

 

4. Edit NTP configuration 

vi /etc/ntp.conf

Edit values for "server" eg

# Use public servers from the pool.ntp.org project.
# Please consider joining the pool (http://www.pool.ntp.org/join.html).
server uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
#server 3.centos.pool.ntp.org iburst
 

5. Restart NTP 

systemctl restart ntpd

 

6. Check all is working 

ntpq -p

and 

timedatectl