In this article, we will guide you through the process of configuring the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and timezone on an Ubuntu system.

Before we begin, make sure that you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges and that the system is connected to the internet.

Install the NTP service

The first step is to install the NTP service on your Ubuntu system. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ntp

This will install the NTP service on your system.

Configure the NTP servers

After installing the NTP service, we need to configure the NTP servers that the service will use to synchronize the system time. To do this, open the NTP configuration file using the following command:

sudo nano /etc/ntp.conf

In the file, you will see a list of NTP servers that are used by the service. You can modify this list to use different NTP servers, or you can leave it as is. Save the file and exit the editor.

Restart the NTP service

After modifying the NTP configuration file, we need to restart the NTP service to apply the changes. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo systemctl restart ntp

This will restart the NTP service and start using the new NTP servers that you specified in the configuration file.

Configure the timezone

In addition to configuring the NTP service, we also need to configure the timezone on the system. To do this, run the following command in the terminal:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone timezone

Replace "timezone" with the actual timezone that you want to use on your system, such as "America/Los_Angeles" or "Europe/Paris". This will set the timezone for your system.

By following these steps, you should have successfully configured the NTP service and timezone on your Ubuntu system. You can verify that the time is synchronized by running the following command:

timedatectl

This will display the current system time, timezone, and NTP synchronization status.