Easy installation fails on TASK [locale : Check current locale] in Ubuntu 16.04

[adam26d]

I resolved this by first running:

apt install ntpdate
ntpdate -u 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org 

This resolved the localectl issue.

localectl
Should now produce a normal output in stead of the cannot connect error

Had the same problem last year

Install Error on Ubuntu 16.04 - TASK [locale : Check current locale]

Hi Team, Your help is needed. I’m trying to setup bench on a new server but getting the following error: TASK [locale : Check current locale] *************************************************************** fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “localectl”, “delta”: “0:00:00.060759”, “end”: “2017-10-22 21:00:27.960774”, “failed”: true, “rc”: 1, “start”: “2017-10-22 21:00:27.900015”, “stderr”: “Could not get properties: Connection timed out”, “stderr_lines”: [“Could not get pr…