Overview

Many Kerio Control features (user authentication, logs, statistics, etc.) require the correct setting of the date, time and time zone on the firewall. Kerio Control allows manual settings or synchronization with an NTP server (recommended). This article describes the process to follow in order to configure date, time, time zone and server name for Kerio Control.

 

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Process

Configuring Date and Time

Many Kerio Control features (user authentication, logs, statistics, etc.) require the correct setting of the date, time and time zone on the firewall. Kerio Control allows manual settings or synchronization with an NTP server (recommended).

1. In the Administration interface, navigate to Advanced Options > System Configuration.
2. Select the option Keep synchronized with NTP server. Date and time can be set manually but it is better to use an NTP server which provides information about the current time and allows automatic management of the firewall's system time. Kerio Technologies offers the following free NTP servers for this purpose:
   • 0.kerio.pool.ntp.org,
   • 1.kerio.pool.ntp.org,
   • 2.kerio.pool.ntp.org.
   • 3.kerio.pool.ntp.org.
3. Click on Apply.

 

Configuring Time Zone

1. In the Administration interface, navigate to Advanced Options > System Configuration.
2. Select a time zone from the Server time zone list.
3. Click on Apply. The current date and time will be changed according to the new time zone.

 

Configuring the Server Name

The default Kerio Control hostname is control. To change the hostname, connect to a directory service or change the web interface URL in the Advanced Options > Web Interface tab.

 

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