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Setting Up NTP (Network Time Protocol) Server in RHEL/CentOS 7

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Ravi Saive
Sep 29, 2014

Network Time Protocol  NTP- is a protocol which runs over port 123 UDP at Transport Layer and allows computers to synchronize time over networks for an accurate time. While time is passing by, computers internal clocks tend to drift which can lead to inconsistent time issues, especially on servers and clients logs files or if you want to replicate servers resources or databases.
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