How To Install CentOS 7

Contents

Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Applies To ...................................................................................................................................................... 1

Begin Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 1

Press Key ....................................................................................................................................................... 1

Choose Language - Installation Process ........................................................................................................ 2

Installation Summary – Installation Destination ........................................................................................... 2

Installation Destination – Partitioning ...................................................................................................... 3

Installation Destination – Selected Disks .................................................................................................. 3

Installation Destination – Complete ......................................................................................................... 3

Installation Summary – Network Configuration ........................................................................................... 4

Network Configuration - Enable ............................................................................................................... 4

Network Configuration – IPv6 ................................................................................................................... 5

Network Configuration – IPv4 ................................................................................................................... 5

Network Configuration - Complete ........................................................................................................... 7

Begin Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 7

Configuration – User Settings ....................................................................................................................... 8

Root User – Password ................................................................................................................................... 8

Create User – Administrator ......................................................................................................................... 9

Create User – Advanced User Configuration ............................................................................................ 9

Create User – Completion ....................................................................................................................... 10

Finish Configuration .................................................................................................................................... 10

Reboot Server ............................................................................................................................................. 11

Post OS Install – First Boot .......................................................................................................................... 11

Login to the Host ..................................................................................................................................... 12

Check IP Address Configured .................................................................................................................. 12

Check Disk Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 12

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Overview

This guide will help in installing CentOS 7 operating system. In this guide we are installing the OS on a virutal box.

Applies To

This guide applies to “CentOS 7” installation.

Begin Installation

To install CentOS 7 load and burn the ISO and boot from CD, press any key to continue installation.

Press Key

Press the “<Enter>” to begin the installation process, installation media will be scanned.

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Choose Language - Installation Process

Select the language for the installation process.

Installation Summary – Installation Destination

Select the option that you would like to configure, normally it would be “Installation Destination” option. Click on “INSTALLATION DESTINATION”.

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Installation Destination – Partitioning

You can choose automatically or manual partitioning for automatic partitioning choose “Automatically configure partitioning” option.

Installation Destination – Selected Disks

Select disks would be listed, you could the device name and the capacity of disk space allocated. Click on “Close” button to continue installation process.

Installation Destination – Complete

Upon configuring partition and click on “Done” button, choose disk would be displayed.

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Installation Summary – Network Configuration

After configuring the installation destination. Click on “NETWORK & HOSTNAME” option, this can be configured post OS installation as well.

Network Configuration - Enable

Click on “ON” button to enable the network and click on “Configure” button to update the network configuration.

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Network Configuration – IPv6

Click on “IPv6 Settings” tab, and choose the “Method: Ignore” from the dropdown list to disable IPv6 Address allocation.

Network Configuration – IPv4

Click on “IPv4 Settings” tab, and choose the “Method: Automatic (DHCP)” from the dropdown list to configure the Ethernet as DHCP assigned IP Address for the connection name “eno167777736”.

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Network Configuration - Complete

Click on “Done” button to complete the network configuration, DHCP IP information is displayed and also the hostname is configured automatically if DNS is resolved.

Begin Installation

Click on “Begin Installation” button to start the installation task.

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Configuration – User Settings

In the installation process, you need to configure “Root Password”; to set the password, click on “ROOT PASSWORD” option. Also, optionally you can create a user, to create the user click on “USER CREATION” option.

Root User – Password

Set root user’s password and confirm the password again and click on “Done” button.

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Create User – Administrator

Upon clicking the option “User Creation” button; create user tab would be shown. In here Set User’s Full name, username; enter password and confirm password again;

Choose whether the user would be part of administrator; choose require a password to use this account; optionally click “Advanced…” button

Create User – Advanced User Configuration

Choose option “create a home directory for this user.”; set the home directory for the user and optionally specify user ID and group ID for the user; also add the user the groups as necessary.

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Create User – Completion

Upon filling the user information and setting user’s advanced settings click on “Done” button.

Finish Configuration

Click on “Finish Configuration” to complete the initial configuration of the server.

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Reboot Server

Click on “Reboot” button to complete the OS installation of the server.

Post OS Install – First Boot

OS Boot loader.

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Login to the Host

Login to the server with the root user and password that you had set earlier during installation process.

Check IP Address Configured

To check the IP address configured, execute the command “ip addr”.

Check Disk Configuration

Check the disk configured for the server, execute the command “df -kh”

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