What is Network Time Protocol (NTP)? 

FIrst off, network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a network.

Why is it important to synchronize computer clock times?

It is important to synchronize computer clock times via the network time protocol (NTP) on server clocks across your network as this  helps t prevent data loss and eliminate SSL problems .

So instead, you can use run a login command on your laptop ("puppet-access login").

That is, rather than needing to SSH (e.g. "ssh centos@<10.puppetmasteripaddress> -i ssh-key.pem") into your Puppet Master server.

I will show you how I set this up with an example using my Macbook laptop workstation.