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.. meta::
  :description: Installing and configuring NTP Chrony for Samba-AD on Redhat8 and derivatives
  :keywords: Redhat8, Samba-AD, NTP, Network Time Protocol, documentation, chrony

.. _server_install_ntp_redhat:

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Installing and configuring NTP Chrony for Samba-AD on Redhat and derivatives
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.. hint::

  Active Directory is based on the Kerberos protocol which requires near perfect clock synchronization between the domain member workstations and the Samba-AD domain controller.
  NTP is used to ensure synchronization between the clocks of the different devices on the network.

* Install the Chrony :program:`NTP` packages and choose a time server on the Internet (on a standard Redhat installation, Chrony is already installed, it replaces the historical ntpd daemon):

  .. code-block:: bash

    yum install ntpdate chrony
    ntpdate -bu pool.ntp.org

* Add the following lines to :file:`/etc/chrony.conf` to manage the signed NTP used by Windows workstations to automatically synchronize their clocks with the AD server:

  .. code-block:: bash

    ntpsigndsocket  /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd

* Change the owner of the directory containing the samba socket used to authenticate the NTP service:

  .. code-block:: bash

    chown root:chrony /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd/
    chmod 750 /var/lib/samba/ntp_signd/

* Restart Chrony:

  .. code-block:: bash

    systemctl restart chronyd

.. include:: ../samba_debug_ntp.rst.inc

Now we can :ref:`install Samba in Active Directory mode <server_install_samba_redhat>`. We're progressing, that's good!