NVP vProxy: How to Change the Time Zone of the vProxy Appliance

Change the time zone used by the vProxy appliance with the Linux command:

timedatectl

1. Connect to the vProxy appliance over SSH, log in as the admin user.
2. Switch to the root user account:

sudo su - 

3. Enter the below command to get the current time zone settings:

timedatectl

Example:

vproxy01:~ # timedatectl
      Local time: Fri 2024-01-12 18:06:58 UTC
  Universal time: Fri 2024-01-12 18:06:58 UTC
        RTC time: Fri 2024-01-12 18:06:58
       Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)
 Network time on: no
NTP synchronized: no
 RTC in local TZ: no

4. Enter the following command to show which time zone the system's "localtime" is linked to:

ls -l /etc/localtime

Example:

vproxy01:~ # ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 12 18:05 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC

5. Enter the following command to get a list of the available time zone settings:

timedatectl list-timezones

6. Enter the below command to change the time zone:

timedatectl set-timezone ZONE

Example:

vproxy01:~ # timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
vproxy01:~ #

7. Confirm the changes with the commands from steps 3 and 4:

vproxy01:~ # timedatectl
      Local time: Fri 2024-01-12 13:11:39 EST
  Universal time: Fri 2024-01-12 18:11:39 UTC
        RTC time: Fri 2024-01-12 18:11:39
       Time zone: America/New_York (EST, -0500)
 Network time on: no
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
vproxy01:~ # ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jan 12 13:10 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York

8. Reboot the appliance when there are no backup or recover tasks running on the vProxy:

reboot

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