Querying NTP in AM 8.1

[JackAlexander]

Hi,

Looking to try and query NTP remotely using ntpq.

Doesn't seem to respond on it's actual IP, if I test locally it responds on 127.0.0.1 but not on its IP.

Anyone had this issue or got any instructions how to do this?

I have added my remote server into the ntp.conf file

restrict (IP address)

Thanks

[EdwardDavis]

Yes.

As root on command line

unrestrict IPv4 and restrict IPv6...

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edit /etc/ntp.conf

put a # in front of restrict 127.0.0.1

put a new line 

restrict ::1

restart ntp

service ntp restart

Now ntpq will operate as expected.

[JackAlexander]

I have tried that and on the AM server tried to run ntpq -c rv then the IP of my AM server but it times out.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

[EdwardDavis]

run ntpq to get on ntpq command line

>as

should like associations

>rv

should show your local ntp clock

>rv assid

should show details about the server you are associated with

>pe

should see peers

[JackAlexander]

Thanks.

I am able to query itself by its IP now which is good but still cannot remotely.  Errors shown below:

ntpq -c rv IP address 
ntpq: read: No error k

OR 

ntpq -c rv hostname
ntpq: read: No such file or directory

Similarly if I query from AM replica to another replica I get.

ntpq: read: Connection refused

[EdwardDavis]

Don't attempt to use ntp and ntpq like an ordinary Suse linux system. It is not designed to be used across systems. RSA servers are pre-hardened and a lot of things are blocked, or removed from the OS.

Just use ntpq to probe ntp sources for the machine you are on. If you need to use advanced ntp diags, use a different operating system than an RSA server itself.

[JackAlexander]

Added in an IP table rule and now it works!