[PVE-User] PVE 5.2, time sync, container...

[Marco Baldini - H.S. Amiata]

Hi.

Just install a little VM with a NTP server (i use chrony) and sync hosts 
with that. I went this route about two years ago and had no problem 
since then

Have a nice day


Il 21/05/2018 12:49, Marco Gaiarin ha scritto:
> I'm setting up a set of PVE hosts, all with a samba AD DC container,
> that came also with a NTP server (ntpd).
>
> Most of that servers get installed on place where there's just a NTP
> ''network'' (based on phisical or P2V machines), and i'm using mostly
> PVE 4.4, so probably i've never hitted that trouble.
>
>
> Now i've added a new node/site, where i've put a single PVE 5.2 node,
> and my samba AD DC container that act as NTP server for that site.
>
> I've found, so, that container take time for the host (and is
> reasonable) but seems that an NTP server run on a container cannot
> modify local time, and sooner or later will crash.
>
> Apart the ''bootstrap'' problem (a host that sync time to a container,
> that have the same time of the host; i need to revise my NTP network...
> ;-), looking on google i've found that relative to old containers:
>
> 	https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/ntp-and-containers.10258/
>
>
> How can i enable NTP ''safely'' on a cantainer? Thanks.
>

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