Linux Time Server Appliance

Again have a look how to run an unattended vcsa installation to learn how to use the command line vcsa installer.

Linux time server appliance.

Version 6 7 will be the last version of vcenter on windows and vmware is encouraging users to migrate to the vcenter server linux appliance. Now we will see step by step configuring linux server to sync time with this appliance over the network. Make sure you have ntp package installed. Vcenter server on a windows server.

An ubuntu appliance is an official system image which blends a single application with ubuntu core. In case the time settings in your vsphere network change you can edit the vcenter server appliance and configure the time synchronization settings by using the commands in the appliance shell. Step 1 download and edit the json configuration as required. Turnkey is inspired by a belief in the democratizing power of free software like science to promote the progress of a free humane society.

Turnkey gnu linux is a free debian based library of system images that pre integrates and polishes the best free software components into secure easy to use solutions. During the deployment of the appliance you select a deployment type of vcenter server with an embedded platform services controller platform services controller or vcenter server with an external platform services controller. The vcenter server appliance is a preconfigured linux based virtual machine that is optimized for running vcenter server. When you enable periodic time synchronization vmware tools sets the time of the guest operating system to be the same as the time of the host.

If not install it using steps defined here. Note the i included is used to deploy vcsa to an existing vcenter server say as a nesting environment. If the difference between the appliance and the server is less than five minutes the appliance adjusts the time gradually until the clock time matches the ntp server. This was the first and only deployment option available for the vcenter server until the linux appliance vcsa was introduced.

They are free privacy friendly and come with maintenance guarantees. Rpm q ntp ntp 4 2 6p5 1 el6 x86 64 2. Ntp periodically polls the servers and adjusts the time on the appliance until it matches the best source of time. Ubuntu appliances are certified to run flawlessly on raspberry pi and pc boards.

The procedure on linux is almost identical as outlined next.