Ansible Control Node OS Installation Guide

The following instructions are for installing the operating system on the virtual machine Ansible Control Node.

Prerequisites

• Virtual Machine Manager Deployment Guide

Configuration

Ansible Control Node
OS	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Installation Type	Virtual Machine Guest
vCPU	4
Memory	16 GB
Storage	96 GiB (qcow2)
Network Interface	Unique/Bridged IPv4
Hostname	ansible
FQDN	ansible.engwsc.example.com

OS Installation Steps

1. Boot VM using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.8 ISO

2. Select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and press ENTER

3. Select your language to use during the installation process and press Continue

Note

You should now see the Installation Summary GUI.

4. Click on Language Support, set the following:

   * Select your language to be used following installation
   * Click on the "Done" button to return
   

5. Click on Network & Host Name, set the following:

   * Host Name to: ansible
   * Click on the "Configure..." button
   
       1. Under the General tab, Check "Connect automatically with priority"
       2. Under the Ethernet tab, Set Link negotiation to "Automatic"
       3. Under the IPv4 Settings tab,
   
           * Select Method: "Manual"
           * Set IP Address and DNS Servers
   
       4. Under IPv6 Settings tab,
   
           * Select Method "Link-Local Only"
   
       5. Click on the "Save" button
   
   * Turn Ethernet (ens18) "On"
   * Hit the "Apply" button to set the host name
   * Click on the "Done" button to return
   

6. Click on Time & Date, set the following:

   * Select your timezone
   * Enable "Network Time"
   * Configure NTP servers as needed
   * Click on the "Done" button to return
   

7. Click on Installation Source, set the following:

   * Click on "Auto-detected installation media"
   * Click on the "Done" button to return
   

8. Click on Software Selection, set the following:

   * Select Base Environment: "Server"
   
       1. Check: "Guest Agents"
       2. Check: "Network File System Client"
       3. Check: "Security Tools"
       4. Check: "System Tools"
   
   * Click on the "Done" button to return
   

9. Click on Installation Destination, set the following:

   * Use "Custom" Storage Configuration
   * Click on the "Done" button to continue
   * Configure using below Partition Table
   * Click on the "Done" button to continue
   * Click on the "Accept Changes" button to continue
   

Partition Table

Note

This partition table is based on the requirements of the NIST security profile. It is the recommended layout even if the profile is not enabled to ensure future compatibility with the security profiles.

Partition Name	Size	Device Type	File System
/boot	2 GiB	Standard Partition	xfs
/	32 GiB	LVM	xfs
/tmp	8 GiB	LVM	xfs
/var	32 GiB	LVM	xfs
/var/log	5 GiB	LVM	xfs
/var/log/audit	5 GiB	LVM	xfs
/var/tmp	8 GiB	LVM	xfs
swap	2 GiB	LVM	swap

10. Click on KDUMP, set the following:

    * Uncheck "Enable kdump"
    * Click on the "Done" button to return
    

11. Click on Root Password, set the following:

Note

Only a root account will be created.

* Set a strong Root password
* Click on the "Done" button to return

12. Click on the Begin Installation button to begin

13. Click on the Reboot System button when installation has completed