IMG 1010 - Installing Red Hat Linux on a Server
Before You Begin
Install Operating System Software per manufacturer's instructions. Below is a procedure on installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The procedure should be used as a guideline to installing the Linux OS. It should not be followed exactly since the installation changes with each version of Red Hat released.
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Once partitioning is finished then you will be asked whether to remove all partitions existing on drive. In this example removing all partitions was selected.
Configuring the Ethernet interfaces is accomplished next. In this example a static IP address was given to the machine. Uncheck "Configure using DHCPD". This will allow a hostname to be entered for the machine along with Default Gateway and Primary/Secondary/Tertiary DNS IP addresses.
Enable/Disable the firewall will be asked. Select accordingly. In this example the firewall was disabled.
If the firewall is enabled be sure to check the boxes for each service that you would like to allow access to. In this example all boxes were checked. Also remote access will be blocked if the firewall is enabled. See IMG 1010 - Configuring Remote Desktop for more information.
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It is advisable that an external device manage your firewall |
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Once system is updated with all packages installation of GCEMS and configuring of all Linux services needed will be performed. See either IMG 1010 - Software Installation and Setup -or- IMG 1004 - Software Installation and Setup (dependent on which model being configured) for information on how to accomplish this.
Related Topics:
IMG 1010 - Recommended Red Hat Linux Configuration and OS Settings