How to configure NTP Client in Centos7/RHEL7

First, install ntp package on client machine:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# yum install ntp [root@linuxcnf ~]# chkconfig ntpd on

Add the below configuration NTP site server IP in the /etc/ntp.conf file and comment out all the public NTP server pool.

[root@linuxcnf ~]# cat /etc/ntp.conf server 192.168.43.14 iburst

Start the ntpd service on the ntp client server and enable for auto start up:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# service ntpd start [root@linuxcnf ~]# chkconfig ntpd on

Now check the ntp status:

[root@linuxcnf ~]# ntpstat synchronised to NTP server (192.168.43.14) at stratum 3    time correct to within 129 ms    polling server every 1024 s [root@linuxcnf ~]#