RHCE - Part 1

Red Hat Installer (Anaconda) (2)

• Installation Steps
  • Language, Keyboard, Mouse
  • Selection of installation media
  • Type of installation
    • Workstation
    • Server
    • Laptop
    • Custom
    • Upgrade (.rpmsave)
  • Disk Partitioning
    • DiskDruid / fdisk
    • Software RAID (0 stripping /1 mirroring /5 stripping with parity)
  • Network & Firewall set up
    • Configure each NIC separately
    • Use IP or DHCP
    • Activation on boot (or not)
    • 'High' firewall: only DHCP and DNS
    • 'Medium' firewall: blocks privileged ports (NFS, X, XFS)
    • 'None' firewall
    • Trusted Devices: bypass firewall
    • 'Allow Incomming traffic': specify port / service.
      Example: 'pop3:udp' or '21:tcp'
  • Authentification set up
  • Package selection
  • X Window configuration