Setup

home vms

192.168.50.164

192.168.50.105

work vms

192.168.17.185

192.168.17.208

Hyper V

Disable secureboot

Proxmox (host) (wget command from red hat site) > download > f12 > network > copy cURL > trim it

curl -L \
  -H "Cookie: rh_user_id=59291558; rh_sso_session=1" \

  -o /var/lib/vz/template/iso/rhel-9.8-x86_64-dvd.iso \
"https://access.cdn.redhat.com/content/origin/files/sha256/c0/c0dd53b73406b85b40d6168d1748e605d71361b2992d282c408b7d7d2e1d2c80/rhel-9.8-x86_64-dvd.iso?_auth_=1782441220_ea8eb57265125e48f98b84775988df3d"

 

  • 64gb disk
  • 2048mb memory
  • 1 socket 2 cores cpu
  • Disable screen timeout

RHC Connect (needed package commands)

rhc connect

username: nicksotelo95

password: RHELsolomon5!!

Set Hostname

hostnamectl set-hostname <hostname>

set hostname

Set Time Zone

timedatectl

show timedate info

timedatectl list-timezones

list all timezones

timedatectl set-timezone Australia/Sydney

set timezone to Sydney

timedatectl set-ntp true

 

chronyd

service used for time synchronisation

/etc/chronyd.conf

config file

/var/log/chrony

log file

systemctl start/restart chronyd

start/restart chronyd service

chronyc

program command

rpm -qa | grep chrony

verify it is installed

ps -ef | grep chrony

verify it is running

yum install chrony

if it is not installed

Subscription Manager Repositories

sudo dnf repolist

check which repositories are installed

subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-10-x86_64-rpms

enable codeready linux builder repository

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm

install EPEL

sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm

install rpmfusion

Remote access without password (SSH keys)

  • Needed for repetitive logins or automation via scripts
  • Keys are generated at the user level (nsotelo, root)
  • Install Git Bash for ssh-copy-id to work
  • Powershell will then connect without password

ssh-keygen

generate the key

ssh-copy-id root@192.168.1.X

copy the key to the host

ssh root @192.168.1.X

login to remote host

ssh -1 root 192.168.1.X

 


Revision #3
Created 2026-07-05 05:59:51 UTC by Admin
Updated 2026-07-08 00:18:17 UTC by Admin