Configuring Time Zone Synchronization

1. Log in to the CCE console.
2. Click the cluster name to go to the cluster console, choose Workloads in the navigation pane, and click the Create Workload in the upper right corner.
3. In the Basic Info area of the Create Workload page, enable Time Zone Synchronization so that the same time zone will be used for both the container and node.
   Figure 1 Enabling time zone synchronization
   

4. Complete other settings and click Create Workload.

1. Log in to the CCE console.
2. Click the cluster name to go to the cluster console, choose Workloads in the navigation pane, and click the Create Workload in the upper right corner.
3. Click Data Storage in the Container Information area under Container Settings and choose Add Volume > hostPath.
   Configure the following parameters:

   • hostPath: /etc/localtime
   • Mount Path: /etc/localtime
   • Permission: Read-only

   Figure 2 Mounting the time zone configuration file
   

4. Complete other settings and click Create Workload.

To use time zone synchronization, you need to mount /etc/localtime on the node to /etc/localtime in the container. In this way, the node and container use the same time zone configuration file.

1. Use kubectl to access the cluster. For details, see Accessing a Cluster Using kubectl.
2. Create a file named nginx-deployment.yaml. The name is only an example. You can rename the file as needed.

   vi nginx-deployment.yaml

   Example YAML:

   kind: Deployment
   apiVersion: apps/v1
   metadata:
     name: test
     namespace: default
   spec:
     replicas: 2
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app: test
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app: test
       spec:
         volumes:
           - name: date-config  # Custom volume name.
             hostPath:   # Mount the time zone configuration file of the node in hostPath mode.
               path: /etc/localtime  # Path of the time zone configuration file on the node.
         containers:
           - name: container-0
             image: 'nginx:alpine'
             volumeMounts:
               - name: date-config  # Mount the volume to the container. The volume name must be the same as that you defined.
                 readOnly: true # Mount the volume as read-only.
                 mountPath: /etc/localtime # The path in the container where the node's time zone configuration file is mounted.
             imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         imagePullSecrets:
           - name: default-secret

   Press Esc and enter :wq to save the file and exit.

3. Create the workload.

   kubectl create -f nginx-deployment.yaml