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    • lightingman117L Offline
      lightingman117
      last edited by lightingman117

      Set NTP in 3 places:

      1. XCP-ng Hardware (Bios & IPMI)
      2. XCP-ng Hypervisor (xconsole/setup/shell)
      3. Edit: Xen Orchestra
        A) [from sources] (CLI only, this needs to change)
        B) XOA [Debian 11, comes with ntpd]

      Steps for XO [from sources] (Xen Orchestra VM on Debian 10 Host OS):

      1. Go to /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf
      2. Edit to remove '#' and add your NTP server
      3. Set sudo timedatectl set-ntp true
      4. Restart the service sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd.service
      5. Check your time sync with one of these options:
        A) systemctl status systemd-timesyncd.service
        B) timedatectl timesync-status
        C) timdatectl status

      Steps for XCP-ng hypervizor host (CLI easy mode):

      1. SSH into un/pw
      2. Type xsconsole
      3. Self explanatory (IMO)
        xconsole.png

      Steps for XCP-ng hardware hypervisor (CLI hard mode) :

      1. Edit the chrony/timeserver configuration
        sudo nano /etc/chrony.conf
      2. Add any time servers you want at the end of the file, along with any options for example: server pool.ntp.org iburst
      3. Restart chrony systemctl restart chronyd
      4. Check it is working OK chronyc tracking

      The other NTP posts make no sense.

      ntpd -p does not work
      It wants you to install the NTP package.
      No thanks, my XO is offline.
      Give me the default NTP service built-in.

      I have already have XO installed in a Debian 10 built from sources using Tom's video guide.
      It is offline. Not gonna put it online to add ntp service.
      Installed: xen-tools, ssh keys, tmux, htop, git, cloned xen-xo repo, vim, update, upgrade, ssh.

      Edited:
      I misunderstood difference between XO and XOA. Post updated to reflect that.
      XOA contains the NTP package. Mine did not. I'd say most building from sources won't either.


      Useful:
      https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058593/how-to-sync-the-time-to-network-with-timedatectl-on-ubuntu-18-04

      Somewhat useful:
      https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/timedatectl.html
      https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/5858/setting-ntp-time-servers-from-terminal-ssh?_=1671025646276

      Not useful:
      https://serverfault.com/questions/913968/ntp-doesnt-seem-to-be-enabled-and-synchronised-in-debian-jessie
      https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-time-synchronization-on-debian-10
      https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/deployment_guide/s1-checking_the_status_of_ntp

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      • olivierlambertO Offline
        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
        last edited by olivierlambert

        Hi,

        XOA is meant only for the version Vates release with everything bundled. Everything else isn't XOA 🙂 (it's just XO from the sources).

        Note: current XOA is running on Debian 11.

        edit: XOA means "Xen Orchestra virtual Appliance", btw 🙂

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        • lightingman117L Offline
          lightingman117 @olivierlambert
          last edited by lightingman117

          @olivierlambert

          So...
          XOA = xen orchestra appliance
          XO = xen orchestra (from sources)

          I just edited my title.

          Wouldn't changing NTP for both be the same? XOA just comes with a debian host OS on a virtual drive...? Who cares.

          Edit: I guess maybe the XOA version comes with ntp installed?

          P.S. FWIW:
          The whole ecosystem is confusing and annoying to learn.

          Need a single page that clearly states everything for newbies. I even forget because I don't do this constantly. Just trying to spend my morning knowledge dumping.

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          • olivierlambertO Offline
            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
            last edited by

            Wouldn't changing NTP for both be the same? XOA just comes with a debian host OS on a virtual drive...? Who cares.

            I have no control on what you decide to install on your preferred distro. We only control things in XOA, the commercially supported version.

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            • olivierlambertO Offline
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
              last edited by

              We have a public documentation, you know 🙂 https://xen-orchestra.com/docs 🙂

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              • lightingman117L Offline
                lightingman117 @olivierlambert
                last edited by

                @olivierlambert
                Yep, thanks.
                OP edited to direct link to XOA NTP documentation for those who need that.

                There was no clear distinction in my mind. Apologies for any confusion caused.

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