Automatic Time Syncronisation Cron?

osirion

• June 05, 2017 08:56

Hi Guys, My server time seems to go off whenever there is a restart/downtime. Now - this doesnt happen often (as it shouldnt) - but thats when it appears to happen. For example, this weekend we took down the server to upgrade the memory. Today when I checked, I noticed it was 1-2 hrs behind. A simple check in the WHM and clicking the "Sync time with Time Server" button under Server Time fixes it - but shouldnt it be checking this regularly? From my understanding, this happens as part of the upcp process and I checked my cront and its there - so not sure why its not updating: 26 3 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 06, 2017 19:27

  From my understanding, this happens as part of the upcp process and I checked my cront and its there - so not sure why its not updating: 26 3 * * * /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/upcp --cron

  
  Hello, It depends on the server environment (e.g. VPS, dedicated). You can verify what your server environment is with a command such as:
  cat /var/cpanel/envtype
  For instance, if it's a virtual environment, the rdate script does not run during the nightly maintenance:
  Processing: Setting clock Processing command `/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/rdate` Virtual environment detected - rdate skipped
  However, you could add a custom root cron job using the "crontab -e" command while logged in via SSH as root if you wanted to sync the server time on a regular basis:
  0 6 * * * /usr/bin/rdate -s rdate.cpanel.net 2>&1 >> /dev/null
  Thank you.

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  osirion

  • June 07, 2017 06:29

  Thanks Michael - will give that a try, I'm sure thats it.

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