To install NTP on Linux and update the system time automatically from the Internet, firstly install the NTP client.
jason@darkstar:~$ sudo apt-get install ntp |
Then install the ntpdate utility.
sudo apt-get install ntpdate |
Then you may synchronize the time on your machine with the Internet time server.
jason@darkstar:~$ sudo ntpdate -s time.nist.gov |
jason@darkstar:~$ ntpstat synchronised to NTP server (129.250.35.250) at stratum 3 time correct to within 191 ms polling server every 256 s |
This is how easy it is to synchronize the time on your Linux machine with an Internet time server. This is very important when the machine is a server and connected to the Internet.