Use NTP pool servers

Selecting pool servers is up to you. If you use NTP pool servers, ntp.org recommends you use pool servers that are close to your servers’ time zone as discussed on the NTP pool project page. If you have a private NTP server that is available to all hosts in your deployment, you can use that server instead.

  1. Open /etc/ntp.conf in a text editor.

  2. Look for lines similar to the following:

    server 0.centos.pool.ntp.org
    server 1.centos.pool.ntp.org
    server 2.centos.pool.ntp.org
    
  3. Replace those lines or add additional lines that specify your NTP pool server or other NTP servers. It’s a good idea to specify more than one.

  4. An example of using three United States-based NTP servers follows:

    server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
    server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
    server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
    
  5. Save your changes to /etc/ntp.conf and exit the text editor.

  6. Restart the service.

    • Ubuntu: service ntp restart

    • CentOS: service ntpd restart

  7. Enter date to check the server’s date.

    If the date is incorrect, make sure the NTP client port (typically, UDP 123) is open in your firewall.

    Try the ntpdate _[pool server hostname]_ command. If it fails, search for the error it returns.

    If all else fails, try rebooting the server.

Create phpinfo.php

The phpinfo.php file displays a large amount of information about PHP and its extensions.

NOTE
Use phpinfo.php in a development system only. It can be a security issue in production.

Add the following code anywhere in your web server’s docroot:

<?php
// Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
phpinfo();

For more information, see the phpinfo manual page.

To view the results, enter the following URL in your browser’s location or address field:

http://<web server host or IP>/phpinfo.php

If a 404 (Not Found) error displays, check the following:

phpMyAdmin

The phpMyAdmin application is an easy to use, free database administration utility. You can use it to check and manipulate the contents of your database. You must log in to phpMyAdmin as the MySQL database administrative user.

For more information about phpMyAdmin, see the phpMyAdmin home page.

For more detailed information about installation, see the phpMyAdmin installation documentation.

NOTE
Use phpMyAdmin in a development system only. It can be a security issue in production.
  1. To use phpMyAdmin, enter the following command in your browser’s address or location field:

    http://<web server host or IP>/phpmyadmin
    
  2. When prompted, log in using your MySQL database root or administrative user’s username and password.