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Managing the Time in Nagios

For this lab, you will need to install and configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP) for Nagios so the local Nagios server is synced with any other time server every hour.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

45m

Last updated

Aug 29, 2025

Challenge

Install and Configure NTP
1. Install NTP.
```
sudo yum install ntp
```
2. Start synchornization.
```
sudo systemctl start ntpd
```
3. Verify the synchronization is running.
```
systemctl status ntpd
```
4. Open the configuration file to double-check the server configuration.
```
sudo vim /etc/ntp.conf
```
5. View the operational information.
```
ntpq -p
```
6. Check how often Nagios is polling the time.
```
ntpstat
```

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