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title: "Setting Up the Time Zone and Configuring NTP"
slug: "setting-up-the-time-zone-and-configuring-ntp-6"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2025-01-07T06:08:31Z
published: 2025-01-07T06:08:31Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/setting-up-the-time-zone-and-configuring-ntp-6"
---

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# Setting Up the Time Zone and Configuring NTP

**Note**

          

CTERA Portal is pre-configured with NTP servers. If you want to use different NTP servers, CTERA provides the following procedures.

You can configure the time zone for the portal. If for whatever reason, the portal clock and edge filer clocks are not synced, you can configure the portal NTP server, as described below.

**To configure the CTERA Portal server’s time zone:**

1. In the global administration view, select **Settings** in the navigation pane.  

The **Control Panel** page is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-HFXBSG6Q.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A39Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A39Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=M2Udi3lnNrxwk4A%2FNRFHBfJXihp3ZiqNMsPOgpaSxHU%3D)
2. Select **Global Settings**, under **SETTINGS** in the **Control Panel** page.  

The **Global Settings** window is displayed.  

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-J575WRV0.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A39Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A39Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=M2Udi3lnNrxwk4A%2FNRFHBfJXihp3ZiqNMsPOgpaSxHU%3D)
3. Select the correct time zone for the portal from the list.
4. Click **Save**.
5. Restart the server as described in [Restarting a Server](/v1/docs/restarting-a-server-from-the-user-interface-4).

**To configure NTP in the CTERA Portal server:**

1. Log in as `root` using SSH to the portal server.
2. Edit the *chrony* configuration file `/etc/chrony.conf` and add the following line at the end of the file: `server &lt;NTP_SERVER&gt; iburst prefer` where *<NTP_SERVER>* is the NTP server name or IP address.
3. Run the command to restart the chrony services: `systemctl restart chronyd`