How to set the time zone in the SUSE Manager 5.0 container

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Environment

SUSE Manager 5.0

Situation

Time zone needs to be changed in the SUSE Manager 5.0 container to e.g. 'Europe/Berlin'.

Resolution

To change the timezone in the container, edit /etc/systemd/system/uyuni-server.service.d/custom.conf on the host system:

For example:

# timedatectl list-timezones | grep Europe/Berlin
Europe/Berlin

# vi /etc/systemd/system/uyuni-server.service.d/custom.conf
[Service]
Environment=TZ="Europe/Berlin"

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl restart uyuni-server.service

The change can be verified with the following command:

# mgrctl term
uyuni-server:/ # date
uyuni-server:/ # timedatectl

Cause

Permanently changing the timezone in the container is available since version 5.0.3 or later.

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