Configuring Appliances

Some system configuration tasks must be done using the command line or API.

For complete command line interface information, see the NSX-T Data Center Command-Line Interface Reference. For complete API information, see the NSX-T Data Center API Guide.

Table 1. System configuration commands and API requests.

Task	Command Line (NSX Manager and NSX Edge)	API Request (NSX Manager only)
Set system timezone	set timezone <timezone>	PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/node
Set NTP Server	set ntp-server <ntp-server>	PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/node/services/ntp
Set a DNS server	set name-servers <dns-server>	PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/node/network/name-servers
Set DNS Search Domain	set search-domains <domain>	PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/node/network/search-domains

Note: The recommended method to configure an NTP server for all appliances is to configure a node profile. See Configure a Node Profile. If you configure an NTP server individually on an appliance, be sure to configure the same NTP server on all the appliances.