To keep all the services in sync, you need to install NTP, and if you do a multi-node configuration you will configure one server to be the reference server. sudo apt-get install -y ntp Set up the NTP server on your controller node so that it receives data by modifying the ntp.conf file and restarting the service. sudo sed -i 's/server ntp.ubuntu.com/server ntp.ubuntu.com\nserver 127.127.1.0\nfudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10/g' /etc/ntp.conf sudo service ntp restart