Created 06-15-2017 10:32 PM
As the subject line goes, I'm confused by whether if Chrony or NTPD is commonly used for installing cloudera.
Created 06-16-2017 12:14 AM
Hello DDreamer94!
CDH requires that you configure the NTP service on each machine in your cluster. For more information, please take a look into:
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/enterprise/latest/topics/install_cdh_enable_ntp.html
Thanks,
Laith
Created 06-16-2017 11:15 AM
NTP or Chrony should work.
From the Clock Offset Host Health check (CM 5.8.2).
"This is a host health test that checks if the host's system clock appears to be out-of-sync with its NTP server(s). The test uses the 'ntpdc -np' (if ntpd is running) or 'chronyc sources' (if chronyd is running) command to check that the host is synchronized to an NTP peer and that the absolute value of the host's clock offset from that peer is not too large. If the command fails, NTP is not synchronized to a server, or the host's NTP daemon is not running or cannot be contacted, the test will return "Bad" health.
The 'ntpdc -np' or 'chronyc sources' output contains a row for each of the host's NTP servers. The row starting with a '*' (if ntpdc) or '^*' (if chronyc) contains the peer to which the host is currently synchronized. No row starting with a '*' or '^*' indicates that the host is not currently synchronized. Communication errors and too large an offset between the peer and the host time are examples of conditions that can lead to a host being unsynchronized.
Make sure that UDP port 123 is open in any firewall that is in use. Check the system log for ntpd or chronyd messages related to configuration errors. If running ntpd, use 'ntpdc -c iostat' to verify that packets are sent and recieved between the different peers. More information about the conditions of each peer can be found by running the command 'ntpq -c as'. The output of this command includes the association ID that can be used in combination with 'ntpq -c "rv "' to get more information about the status of each such peer. The command 'ntpq -c pe' can also be used to return a summary of all peers and the reason why they are not in use. If running chronyd, use 'chronyc activity' to check how many NTP sources are online/offline. More information about the conditions of each peer can be found by running the command 'chronyc sourcestats'. To check chrony tracking, issue the command 'chronyc tracking'.
If NTP is not in use on the host, this check should be disabled for the host using the configuration options shown below. Cloudera recommends using NTP for time synchronization of Hadoop clusters.
A failure of this health test can indicate a problem with the host's NTP service or configuration."
Created 05-22-2019 12:53 AM
Did you try to disable ntpd and enable chrony and check what will happen?
Created 05-22-2019 12:51 PM
tried it , same error. Opened up a new thread. Please reply there. Will tag you
Created 05-22-2019 01:13 PM
Created 05-22-2019 10:45 AM
It would probably be a good idea to start a new thread for this new issue if more discussion is required.
To your question, though, the Cloudera Manager agent will run the following command to determine if chronyd is running:
# pidof chronyd
If the result code is "0" that means there was a chronyd process running, so the agent will attempt to check the offset.
This is done by running:
# chronyc -n sources
The agent then iterates over the output, line by line. If a line starts with "*" then it will attempt to derive the offset by looking at that line.
The error you get "not synchronized to any server" is returned of NO lines started with "*"
If you did not intend to use chronyd, then you can shut it off on the problematic host and then make sure ntpd is working by using "ntpq -np" and making sure one of the lines starts with a "*" to indicate the daemon is synchronized to that server.
Ben