Description of problem: In the current default provisioning templates there is a step to do an initial time sync using ntpdate: ``` #update local time echo "updating system time" /usr/sbin/ntpdate -sub <%= host_param('ntp-server') || '0.fedora.pool.ntp.org' %> /usr/sbin/hwclock --systohc ``` In order for this to work the ntp package is also installed in the %packages system since is not install in rhel by default. From my understanding this line is just to do a quick initial sync. chronyd has an option to do this [1]. Most of our docs are (or are being updated to) prefer chrony [2]. So rather then install the ntp package to just use ntpdate once, we should probably consider using the 'chronyd -q' option. [1] https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/faq.html#_does_code_chronyd_code_have_an_ntpdate_mode [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1589712
Generally agree best to run the ntp update through a package provided by default rather than installing ntp.
Created redmine issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/24290 from this bug
Upstream bug assigned to stbenjam
Moving this bug to POST for triage into Satellite 6 since the upstream issue https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/24290 has been resolved.
Verified fix in sat 6.6 snap 11 Provisioned a RHEL 8 box and it used chronyd to do an initial timesync.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172