Technical Note: How to configure Ubuntu pointing to FortiGate as NTP server

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Description

This article explains how to configure Ubuntu pointing to FortiGate as NTP server.

Scope

Ubuntu, NTP.

Solution

Ubuntu

1) Install NTP daemon :

sudo apt-get install ntp

2) Configure NTP servers

sudo nano /etc/ntp.conf
server <Fortigate-IP/hostname>

3) Restart ntp daemon

sudo service ntp restart

FortiGate

config system ntp
    set server-mode enable
    set interface <interface-name>
end

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