Bug ID 1090089: NTP service does not work on rSeries appliances

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS Velos(all modules)

Fixed In:
F5OS-A 1.3.0, F5OS-A 1.2.0, F5OS-A 1.1.0

Opened: Mar 25, 2022

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

The NTP service does not work on rSeries appliances that run F5OS-A. Running chronyc ntpdata returns "501 Not authorized"

Impact

NTP functionality does not work.

Conditions

-- rSeries appliance running F5OS-A -- NTP configured

Workaround

Change directory ownership to chrony using below command: chown chrony:chrony /var/run/chrony

Fix Information

Update ownership for "/var/run/chrony" directory and removed unwanted configuration from "chrony.conf".

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips