How-To Synchronize Time with metal servers (CentOS 7, CloudLinux 7)

Introduction

When the server is booted, the time is off.  The server is a metal (dedicated/standard) server, not a Cloud or VPS server. 

Procedure

You must be root to perform these commands.  These commands are for CentOS 7 or CloudLinux 7.

Ensure chrony is installed and install if necessary

To check to see if chrony is installed, run this command:

systemctl status chronyd

If you see: Unit chronyd.service could not be found.

Then run the following command to install it:

yum install chrony

Set the time and start the synchronization process on each boot

Run the following command:

systemctl enable --now chronyd

Your clock is now synchronized and regularly syncing.