Sunday 28 June 2015



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Server Setup Initial Shortcuts:

howdy guys today I am going to show you some shortcuts on setting up a Centos Server. Please be aware that this will be a ongoing set of tutorials so please feel free to check back. I will keep the notes brief and I will assume that you already have installed the O/S to the hard disk. So without further ado let's get down to business.


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Configure the network: nmtui

Add DNS settings: /etc/resolv.conf add you DNS server details.

Show I.P address details: ip addr show eth0

Install net tools: yum install net-tools

Another way of displaying ip details: ipconfig ( install net-tools)

Install vim: yum install vim

[ Change System Hostname] - vim / etc/hostname

Check the hostname - echo $HOSTNAME

 

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[Change Keyboard language and locale]

localectl status
localectl list-locales
localectl set-keymap uk
yum install system-config keyboard


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[Update The System]

  yum update && yum upgrade

[ Add Epel Repository for extra software

sudo yum install epel-release 

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Stayed tuned for part 2