Installing RHEL 7

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Fri Dec 8 16:04:13 UTC 2017


Yes, docker is the tool du jour these days. I should probably
familiarize myself, too.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> 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
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Edhoari Setiyoso
> 
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