There are two ways to set the time on the appliance.
Method 1: Synchronizing with NTP
Newer appliances have been updated to include a daily cron job (scheduled task) to sync the date/time setting.
- To enable advanced options, enter http://<applianceip>/setadv.php in the browser address bar, and set the flag to enabled¹.
- Navigate to System Status – ADV Shell Scripts.
- Enter the following, and click Submit:
yum install ntpdate -y
echo ntpdate pool.ntp.org > /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
/etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
Method 2: Manual entry of date/time
1. Follow the above instructions to get to ADV Shell Scripts.
2. Enter the current date and time manually, using the following format
date -s “ddMMM YYYY HH:mm:ss”
3. Click Submit.
¹ For version 6.8.3a and earlier, the shell-script executor is located in the hidden menu. In the browser address bar, enter http://<applianceip>/admin/hidden.php. In the Appliance section, select Shell Script Executor. Enter the commands above.