Installing RHEL 7

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi there,

Have you tried using docker from your existing system? It's a 
virtualization similar to kvm but, in my opinion, much simpler to setup/

After installation, just search for redhat images, download it and run,


On 12/7/2017 5:43 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Janina,
>
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 02:39:10PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> However, people on the Orca list have reported success installing Fedora
>> using Orca from the Live image.
> Thanks for this feedback. I had no success when I was trying to install
> Fedora without a sighted person a few months ago but maybe I'll give it
> another try.
>
>> There's also the possibility of installing Fedora using a kickstart file
>> which would actually teach you a lot about the RHEL/Fedora installation
>> process.
> Yes, I know kickstart and I also thought to build my own kickstart
> installation file to get a working system up and running, but the
> scope in my future work will be Puppet and Foreman on already installed
> systems and so I do not want spend to much time on how RHEL can be
> installed. I just wanted to setup a environment based on RHEL, or
> another system similar to Redhat, quickly to start playing around with
> the mensioned tools.
>
>> Also, please note that the free of cost RHEL clone is called CentOS:
>>
>> https://danielmiessler.com/study/fedora_redhat_centos/
> Thanks, that was a good reminder :-).
>
> Lastly I was able to install the latest Centos 7 into a lxc container
> which is possible without any problem without sighted help. My host
> system is Debian Stretch. I think the aproach with lxc is good enough
> for my needs, as said, I just want to learn to setup and configure
> Puppet and take a look at Foreman and this can be done with some lxc
> containers running Centos IMHO.
>
>> The bottom line here is that you should be OK administering RHEL, just
>> not installing it via it's installation system except for possibly
>> installing via kickstart.
> Yes, full ACK. When access via ssh is possible working with RHEL and
> administrating RHEL based systems should be possible without a problem.
>
> All the best from Munich and thanks for your input :-),
>
>    Schoepp
>

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