Run the following command to determine the current status of the
chronyd service:
$ sudo systemctl is-active chronyd
If the service is running, it should return the following: active
Note: The chronyd daemon is enabled by default.
Run the following command to determine the current status of the
ntpd service:
$ sudo systemctl is-active ntpd
If the service is running, it should return the following: active
Note: The ntpd daemon is not enabled by default. Though as mentioned
in the previous sections in certain environments the ntpd daemon might
be preferred to be used rather than the chronyd one. Refer to:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/8/network/network-ConfiguringNetworkTime.html#ol-nettime
for guidance which NTP daemon to choose depending on the environment used.