rafthttp: the clock difference against peer is too high in OpenShift etcd

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Messages like the following ones are shown in etcd logs:

    W | rafthttp: the clock difference against peer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is too high [4m18.466926704s > 1s]
    W | rafthttp: the clock difference against peer xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is too high [4m18.463381838s > 1s]
    
  • The liveness probes for the etcd pods fails.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • etcd

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