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Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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@Deepaklal-FT Could you please confirm if you have already checked the steps from Time sync for Linux VMs in Azure
Typically ntpd or chronyd is used as the time sync service, though there are other open source time sync services that can be used as well. The source of accurate time information can be the Azure host or an external time service that is accessed over the public internet. By itself, the VMICTimeSync service does not provide ongoing time sync between the Azure host and a Linux VM except after pauses for host maintenance as described above.
Historically, most Azure Marketplace images with Linux have been configured in one of two ways:
- No time sync service is running by default
- ntpd is running as the time sync service, and synchronizing against an external NTP time source that is accessed over the network. For example, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Marketplace images use ntp.ubuntu.com.
To confirm ntpd is synchronizing correctly, run the ntpq -p command.