RHEL 8 New Features for Experienced Linux Administrators

Locate the icon for the serverc console, as appropriate for your classroom environment. Power on serverc and open the console for it. The server is uninstalled, and is preconfigured to boot from a virtual installation boot ISO.

From the installation media boot menu, use the arrow keys to select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0.

Select an appropriate language from those available, and then click Continue.

Use automatic partitioning on the default disk.

1. Click Installation Destination.

2. Click Done to use the default option of automatic partitioning.

Set the server host name to serverc.lab.example.com, and enable and configure the only network interface.

1. Click Network & Host Name.

2. In the Host Name field enter serverc.lab.example.com.

3. Click Apply.

4. Click Configure and then click the IPv4 Settings tab.

5. Select Manual.

6. Click Add.

7. In the Address field enter 172.25.250.12.

8. In the Netmask field enter 255.255.255.0. As an alternative, you can specify the mask in the CIDR notation: 24.

9. In the Gateway field enter 172.25.250.254.

10. In the DNS servers field enter 172.25.250.254.

11. Click Save.

12. Enable the network interface by setting ON/OFF to ON.

13. Click Done.

Set the Installation Source field to http://content.example.com/rhel8.0/x86_64/dvd.

1. Click Installation Source.

2. In the http:// field type content.example.com/rhel8.0/x86_64/dvd.

3. Click Done.

Disable Kdump.

1. Click KDUMP.

2. Clear Enable kdump.

3. Click Done.

Select the software required to run a basic web server.

1. Click Software Selection.

2. Select Server from the Base Environment list.

3. Select Basic Web Server from the Add-ons list.

4. Click Done.

Configure the system's purpose.

1. Click System Purpose.

2. Select the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server role.

3. Select an SLA level of Self-Support.

4. Select a usage of Development/Test.

5. Click Done.

Click Begin Installation.

While the installation progresses, set the password for root to redhat.

1. Click Root Password.

2. Enter redhat in the Root Password field.

3. Enter redhat in the Confirm field.

4. The password is weak so you will need to click Done twice.

While the installation progresses, add the student user.

1. Click User Creation.

2. Enter student in the Full Name field.

3. Check Make this user administrator.

4. Enter student in the Password field.

5. Enter student in the Confirm field.

6. The password is weak so you will need to click Done twice.

When the installation is complete, click Reboot.

If the system boots from the installation media again, press Esc, then type local and press Enter. Alternatively, select Troubleshooting, and then Boot from local drive.

When the system displays the login prompt, log in as student with a password of student.