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title: Single Connect GUI Configurations
slug: reference-guide-3-0-0/single-connect-gui-configurations
description: This document provides step-by-step instructions for system administrators to configure various settings, such as connecting to Single Connect via SSH as the root user, adding an IP address to the /etc/hosts file, setting the primary DNS in the /etc/sysco
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T13:07:41.000Z
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The System admin should make the following configurations:

1. Connect to Single Connect from an SSH client as the root user (default port 22)
2. Go to the **/etc/hosts** file.
3. Add the following line to the top of the list:
   **IP\_Address hostname.domain hostname**

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/HqWWnM6Uw8TYYBvsQUl_n_image.png "hostname/domain")

- Go to the **/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens160** file.
  The primary DNS(DNS1)  should be **the Active Directory host ip.**
- Restart the network service (systemctl restart network)
- The NTP servers should be changed. Make the following configurations in **/etc/ntp.conf**:
  server time.google.com iburst
  server time2.google.com iburst
  server time3.google.com iburst
  server time4.google.com iburst

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/Mc-TSDC4o8PCMZmNzPZG0_image.png "ntp config")



- Then execute the following commands:
  systemctl start ntpd
  systemctl enable ntpd
  ntpdate -s time.google.com (optional)