DNS only server date/time update

bloatedstoat

• May 01, 2016 21:15

Hello, Within the DNS Only version of WHM I am currently running there is no option within the Server Configuration page to change the server time to reflect that of our main server. Our DNS only server is running 14 hours behind. Is this something that must be handled manually on the command line? Thanks. CENTOS 6.7 x86_64 standard WHM 54.0 (build 22)

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 02, 2016 16:58

  Hello, You can sync your server time with the following command:
  rdate -s rdate.cpanel.net
  Note that "rdate" requires TCP outbound traffic over port 37, in-case you have any firewall rules that restrict access. Thank you.

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  bloatedstoat

  • May 03, 2016 04:09

  Thanks for this Michael. I should have been a little more explicit, I want to set the server time as Australia/Melbourne as the current time is set as 14 hours behind Melbourne. No GUI exists to set the default time-zone to AEST. Thank you.

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 05, 2016 19:47

  You will need to change the time zone manually from the command line on cPanel DNS-Only. Here's an example of how to do this on CentOS 6:
  cp /etc/localtime /root/old.timezone rm /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Melbourne /etc/localtime
  You can open a feature request for the inclusion of this option on cPanel DNS-Only via: Submit a Feature Request Thank you.

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  bloatedstoat

  • May 05, 2016 23:19

  Thank you Michael, all our servers are now running the same time. Appreciated.

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 06, 2016 10:32

  I'm happy to see the issue is now resolved. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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  visiba

  • December 26, 2016 08:53

  Just to add that changing the timezone is a bit different under CentOS 7. The syntax is as follows to set timezone:
  # timedatectl set-timezone time_zone
  Where time_zone is one of the time zones available. An example would be:
  # timedatectl set-timezone America/Chicago
  

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