Symptoms:
Backup transfers to S3 buckets could occasionally fail with the following error message:
warn [cpbackup_transport_file] Path creation failed: RequestTimeTooSkewed: The difference between the request time and the current time is too large.
The above error could appear in any of the following locations:
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup_transporter/*
/usr/local/cpanel/logs/cpbackup_transporter.log
Description:
The issue is that the time on your local server is out of sync with the current time and needs to be corrected.
Workaround:
Sync up your system clock and the problem should resolve: (Any of these commands should work)
ntpdate us.pool.ntp.org
rdate -s rdate.cpanel.net
ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org