CentOS 7 is centrally supported at SLAC for the following platforms:
- VMware virtual machine
- OpenStack virtual machine
- Bare metal server
Desktop workstation- under development. If you wish to help testing, email unix-admin@slac.stanford.edu
Although RHEL 7 is also available if required by your application for support, CentOS 7 is preferred and recommended instead.
Step-by-step guide
These are the steps to install and configure CentOS 7 at SLAC for a headless bare metal server, or virtual machine in VMware or OpenStack:
- Install CentOS 7 using either the Minimal or the DVD ISO available here:
http://yum.slac.stanford.edu/iso/centos/7/ - Install Chef by running this command as root:
curl http://yum.slac.stanford.edu/go-chef - Modify this file:
/etc/security/access.netgroup.conf
Add a line that looks like this (replace 'ksa' with your username):
+ : ksa : ALL Create a sudoers entry for yourself in this directory. Replace 'ksa' with your username:
cat > /etc/sudoers.d/user-ksa << EOF
ksa ALL=ALL
EOF
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