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CLI Guide | Forcepoint Appliances | v8.5.x

All servers in your deployment that host TRITON Architecture components must be synchronized to within 2 minutes. Use of an NTP server is recommended.

show system clock

View the system date and time.

show system clock

Usage guidelines

The time and date format is:

Related commands


Command	Description
set system clock	Set system time and date manually.
show system timezone	View the configured time zone.

set system clock

Set system time and date manually.

set system clock --date <yyyy/mm/dd> --time <hh:mm:ss>


Parameter	Description
date	Current date.
time	Current time.

All products. Not supported in Azure.

Usage guidelines

Stop all Forcepoint services before changing the time. Then, set the time and make certain the time is consistent across all servers running services. Finally, start appliance services.

If you do not stop the Forcepoint services first, client updates and policy changes entered after the time reset are not saved.

Instead of setting the time manually, you can synchronize with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. See set system ntp.

Related commands


Command	Description
show system clock	View the system date and time.
set system ntp	Configure time zone synchronization with up to three NTP servers.
show system timezone	View the configured time zone.

show system timezone

View the configured time zone.

show system timezone

(view)# show system timezone

Timezone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Related commands


Command	Description
show system timezone-list	View supported time zone formats.
set system timezone	Set the time zone for this appliance.

show system timezone-list

View supported time zone formats.

show system timezone-list

(view)# show system timezone-list

Index Zone Name

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1 (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa

2 (GMT-10:00) Hawaii

3 (GMT-09:00) Alaska

Related commands


Command	Description
show system timezone	View the configured time zone.
set system timezone	Set the time zone for this appliance.

set system timezone

Set the time zone for this appliance.

set system timezone --zone <zone_name> --index <zone_index>


Parameter	Description
zone	Name of the time zone. Enter the name in quotation marks. Case-sensitive.
index	Number assigned to the time zone.

Usage guidelines

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the default, is also known as Universal Time, Coordinated (UTC). Other time zones are calculated by adding or subtracting from GMT. GMT is sometimes chosen to provide a common time stamp for geographically distributed systems.

Example of setting the time zone using the zone name:

(config)# set system timezone --zone "Central Time"

(config)# show system timezone

Timezone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Example of setting the time zone using the zone index number:

(config)# set system timezone --index 9

(config)# show system timezone

Timezone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Related commands


Command	Description
show system timezone	View the configured time zone.
show system timezone-list	View supported time zone formats.

show system ntp

View the configured NTP servers.

show system ntp

Related commands


Command	Description
set system ntp	Configure time zone synchronization with up to three NTP servers.
sync system ntp	Synchronize the time with the NTP servers.

Configure time zone synchronization with up to three NTP servers.

set system ntp --status <enabled|disabled> --server <server1> [<server2>,<server3>]


Parameter	Description
status	Status of the synchronization; enabled or disabled.
server	Server to synchronize with.

All products. Not supported in Azure.

Usage guidelines

To synchronize with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server (www.ntp.org), set the status to enabled and enter the address of a primary NTP server. The secondary and tertiary NTP servers are optional.

If you synchronize the system clock with an NTP server, NTP protocol packerts and their response packets must be allowed on any firewall or NAT device between an appliance and the NTP server. Ensure that you have outbound connectivity to the NTP servers. Add a firewall rule that allows outbound traffic to UDP port 123 for the NTP server.

If interface C on an appliance is not connected to the Internet, then you must provide a way for interface C to reach an NTP server. One solution is to install an NTP server on the local network where interface C can reach it.

(config)# set system ntp --status enabled --server 1.us.pool.ntp.org,2.us.pool.ntp.org,3.pool.ntp.org

Related commands


Command	Description
show system ntp	View the configured NTP servers.
sync system ntp	Synchronize the time with the NTP servers.

sync system ntp

Synchronize the time with the NTP servers.

sync system ntp

All products. Not supported in Azure.

Usage guidelines

Use this command to manually synchronize the time with the NTP servers.

Related commands


Command	Description
show system ntp	View the configured NTP servers.
set system ntp	Configure time zone synchronization with up to three NTP servers.

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