In a Web browser, go here.
In the 1. section, click "Red Hat Developer program".
Create a new account.
Read your email and click the link Red Hat sent you.
In the "Public and private cloud-ready RHEL images" section,
click "
Make these selections,
as shown below
On the "Register" page, select
"Register later" and
click Next.
On the "File system configuration" page,
accept the default selection of
"Use automatic partitioning"
and
click Next.
On the "Additional Red Hat packages" page,
click Next.
On the "Custom repositories" page,
click Next.
On the "Image Name" page,
enter a name of rhel8 and
click Next.
On the "Create image" page,
click "Create image".
On the "Image Builder" page, wait until the
Instance shows "Download (.iso)" and click it.
Save the .iso file locally.
My "Installation Destination" said
"kickstart insufficient" at first, so I clicked
on that item and clicked on the 100 GB
partition to select it. Then returning to
the INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen showed me
the image below.
Click on Root Password and set a root password.
Click on User Creation and assign a user account name and password.
Check the box to make this user administrator,
as shown below.
Click the "Begin installation"
button.
When the installation completes, power down the system and
disconnect the DVD drive.
Execute these commands to get an IP address
and see what it is.
Then execute this command:
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Click Next.
Creating a VM
Launch VMware. Create a new VM using the
.vmdk file as the hard disk,
with these settings:
Launch the VM. Boot from the virtual DVD.
An INSTALLATION SUMMARY screen appears,
as shown below.
Networking and SSH
Boot the system and log in as your
normal user.
Connect via SSH using that address,
from a Terminal or Powershell window,
with this command:
sudo dhclient -v
ip a
ssh username@ip-address
Registering with Red Hat
Execute this command on your Red Hat
system, in an SSH session:
Enter your Red Hat username and password.
sudo subscription-manager register
Configuring DHCP on Startup
To make the server use DHCP each time it
starts, execute this command:
Enter y to approve the installation.
sudo yum install nano
Change the last line to
sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens160
Press Ctrl+X, Y, Enter
to save the file.
ONBOOT=yes
Allowing Port 8000 Through the Firewall
To allow access to the Splunk Web page,
execute these commands:
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=8000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
SPL 110.1: OS Version (10 pts)
Execute this command:
The flag is
covered by a green box in the image below.
uname -a