Red Hat System Administration I
Performance Checklist
In this lab, you will manage software repositories and module streams, and install and upgrade packages from those repositories and streams.
Outcomes
You should be able to:
Manage software repositories and module streams.
Install and upgrade packages from repositories and streams.
Install an RPM package.
Log in to workstation as student using student as the password.
On workstation, run the lab software-review start command.
This script ensures that serverb is available.
It also downloads any packages required for the lab exercise.
[student@workstation ~]$lab software-review start
On
serverbconfigure a software repository to obtain updates. Name the repository aserrataand configure the repository in the/etc/yum.repos.d/errata.repofile. It should accesshttp://content.example.com/rhel8.2/x86_64/rhcsa-practice/errata. Do not check GPG signatures.From
workstationuse the ssh command to log in toserverbas thestudentuser.[student@workstation ~]$ssh student@serverb...output omitted... [student@serverb ~]$Use the sudo -i command to switch to the
rootuser.[student@serverb ~]$sudo -i[sudo] password for student:student[root@serverb ~]#Create the file
/etc/yum.repos.d/errata.repowith the following content:[errata] name=Red Hat Updates baseurl=http://content.example.com/rhel8.2/x86_64/rhcsa-practice/errata enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
On
serverb, install new package xsane-gimp and the Apache HTTP Server module from the2.4stream and thecommonprofile.Use the yum list command to list the available packages for xsane-gimp.
[root@serverb ~]#yum list xsane-gimpLast metadata expiration check: 0:24:30 ago on Thu 07 Mar 2019 03:50:55 PM CET.Available Packagesxsane-gimp.x86_640.999-30.el8 rhel-8.2-for-x86_64-appstream-rpmsInstall the latest version of the xsane-gimp package using the yum install command.
[root@serverb ~]#yum install xsane-gimp...output omitted... Install 59 Packages Total download size: 53 M Installed size: 217 M Is this ok [y/N]:y...output omitted... Complete! [root@serverb ~]#List available modules and streams. Look for the httpd module. Use the yum install command to install the httpd module with the
2.4stream and thecommonprofile.[student@serverb ~]$yum module listName Stream Profiles Summary ...output omitted... httpd 2.4 [d] common [d], devel, minimal Apache HTTP Server ...output omitted...[root@serverb ~]#yum module install httpd:2.4/commonInstall 10 Packages Total download size: 2.1 M Installed size: 5.7 M Is this ok [y/N]:y...output omitted... Complete! [root@serverb ~]#
For security reasons,
serverbshould not be able to send anything to print. Achieve this by removing the cups package. Exit from therootaccount.Use the yum list command to list the installed cups package.
[root@serverb ~]#yum list cupsInstalled Packagescups.x86_641:2.2.6-33.el8 @rhel-8.2-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms [root@serverb ~]#Use the yum remove command to remove the cups package.
[root@serverb ~]#yum remove cups.x86_64...output omitted... Remove 9 Packages Freed space: 11 M Is this ok [y/N]:y...output omitted... Complete!Exit from the
rootaccount.[root@serverb ~]#exit[student@serverb ~]$
The start script downloads the rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm package in the
/home/studentdirectory onserverb.Confirm that the package rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm is available on
serverb. Install the package. You will need to gain superuser privileges to install the package. Verify that the package is installed. Exit fromserverb.Use the rpm command to confirm that the rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm package is available on
serverbby viewing the package information.[student@serverb ~]$rpm -q -p rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm -iName : rhcsa-script Version : 1.0.0 Release : 1 Architecture: noarch Install Date: (not installed) Group : System Size : 1056 License : GPL Signature : (none) Source RPM : rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.src.rpm Build Date : Wed 06 Mar 2019 11:29:46 AM CET Build Host : foundation0.ilt.example.com Relocations : (not relocatable) Packager : Snehangshu Karmakar URL : http://example.com Summary : RHCSA Practice Script Description : A RHCSA practice script. The package changes the motd.Use the sudo yum localinstall command to install the rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm package. The password is
student.[student@serverb ~]$sudo yum localinstall \rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm[sudo] password for student:studentLast metadata expiration check: 1:31:22 ago on Thu 07 Mar 2019 03:50:55 PM CET. Dependencies resolved. =================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size =================================================================== Installing: rhcsa-script noarch 1.0.0-1 @commandline 7.6 k Transaction Summary =================================================================== Install 1 Package Total size: 7.6 k Installed size: 1.0 k Is this ok [y/N]:yDownloading Packages: Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch 1/1 Installing : rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch 1/1 Running scriptlet: rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch 1/1 Verifying : rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch 1/1 Installed: rhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch Complete!Use the rpm command to verify that the package is installed.
[student@serverb ~]$rpm -q rhcsa-scriptrhcsa-script-1.0.0-1.noarch [student@serverb ~]$Exit from
serverb[student@serverb ~]$exitlogout Connection to serverb closed. [student@workstation ~]$
This concludes the lab.
