In this guide, we have shown you how to install and configure an NTP client on CentOS/RHEL to synchronize the clock with an NTP server. By synchronizing the clock with an NTP server, you can ensure that the time on your server is accurate, which is import
So this is how you can configure the NTP protocol on your CentOS distribution. This comes in pretty handy because the internal clocks in the systems can sometimes cause issues that may result in inconsistent time problems.