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<p>Created page with &quot;== Rocky Linux 8 Distribution Install == Rocky Linux 8 minimal install from DVD install disk During install process: * click on &#039;automatically create partitions * set hostname (if known) * enable all basic network interfaces (do not rename -- it will crash the installer) == Basic system prep == Most of the initial configuration is now contained in a script that can be executed directly from the config server as root on the target system: curl -s http://config/config/...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Rocky Linux 8 Distribution Install ==<br /> Rocky Linux 8 minimal install from DVD install disk<br /> During install process:<br /> * click on &#039;automatically create partitions<br /> * set hostname (if known) <br /> * enable all basic network interfaces (do not rename -- it will crash the installer)<br /> <br /> == Basic system prep ==<br /> Most of the initial configuration is now contained in a script that can be executed directly from the config server as root on the target system:<br /> <br /> curl -s http://config/config/rocky8-basic-config.sh | bash<br /> <br /> The contents of this script are included here for reference, though updates to the script may occur without updates to this page:<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;#!/bin/sh<br /> #<br /> # script to do the basic install of a centos7 headless server<br /> #<br /> # Assumptions:<br /> # - this is run as root immediately after the install has completed<br /> # - the hostname has been set as desired before this script is run<br /> # - an administrator account &#039;ewilliam&#039; was created during installation<br /> <br /> CONFIG=http://config/config<br /> <br /> # first -- install all the basic necessities (some may already be there)<br /> yum -y install net-tools rsync zsh epel-release mlocate util-linux-user<br /> yum -y install nfs-utils psmisc smartmontools bind-utils<br /> yum -y update<br /> <br /> # now disable SELinux (no comment)<br /> sed -i &#039;s/=enforcing/=disabled/g&#039; /etc/selinux/config<br /> setenforce 0<br /> <br /> # make sudo passwordless for group wheel<br /> echo &quot;%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/sudoers.d/91-wheel-NOPASSWD<br /> <br /> # now that zsh is installed, make it the default<br /> chsh -s /bin/zsh<br /> chsh -s /bin/zsh ewilliam<br /> <br /> # copy the standard zsh config files<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/.zshrc -o /root/.zshrc<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/.zshrc -o /home/ewilliam/.zshrc<br /> chown ewilliam.ewilliam /home/ewilliam/.zshrc<br /> <br /> # load ssh known_hosts from the config server<br /> mkdir -p /root/.ssh<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/ssh/known_hosts -o /root/.ssh/known_hosts<br /> mkdir -p /home/ewilliam/.ssh<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/ssh/known_hosts -o /home/ewilliam/.ssh/known_hosts<br /> chown -R ewilliam.ewilliam /home/ewilliam/.ssh<br /> <br /> # get backup scripts<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/backup -o /etc/cron.daily/backup<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/rsync_backup.sh -o /usr/local/bin/rsync_backup.sh<br /> chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rsync_backup.sh /etc/cron.daily/backup<br /> <br /> # configure log server<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/99-remotelog.conf -o /etc/rsyslog.d/99-remotelog.conf<br /> systemctl restart rsyslog<br /> <br /> # enable mail to the central email server<br /> echo &quot;root: ewilliam@williams.localnet&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/aliases<br /> echo &quot;ewilliam: ewilliam@williams.localnet&quot; &gt;&gt; /etc/aliases<br /> <br /> # get the standard /etc/hosts file<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/hosts -o /etc/hosts<br /> <br /> # install webmin<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/centos7/webmin.repo &gt; /etc/yum.repos.d/webmin.repo<br /> curl -s https://download.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -o /tmp/webmin-key.asc &amp;&amp; \<br /> rpm --import /tmp/webmin-key.asc &amp;&amp; \<br /> rm /tmp/webmin-key.asc<br /> yum -y install webmin<br /> <br /> # install the host/known_hosts synchronization<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/host_check.sh &gt; /etc/cron.hourly/host_check<br /> chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/host_check<br /> <br /> # install other status checks<br /> curl -s $CONFIG/common/ssd-endurance &gt; /etc/cron.weekly/ssd-endurance<br /> chmod +x /etc/cron.weekly/ssd-endurance<br /> <br /> # now reboot<br /> reboot&lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> == Next Steps ==<br /> The rest of the installation process is not OS-dependent and is described [[Common Post-Install|here]].</div>

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