This tutorial focused on the
step-by-step installation of RHEL 9.4 on VMware Workstation. It is a stable and
secure release to building and deploying applications in hybrid cloud
environments. RHEL 9.4 has updated languages, runtime, databases and developer
tools for enhancing the developers' experience. Kernel version of RHEL 9.4 is
5.14.O-427.13.1.el9_4 and this version supports various architectures,
including AMD, Intel 64-bit, ARM 64-bit, IBM Power Systems and IBM z 64-bit.
For installation, we follow the
following steps:
Step
1: Login the Red Hat Customer Portal
A Red Hat registration is required to download
the RHEL 9.4 ISO file. Go to the Red Hat login portal and insert your user
details if you are already registered or create a new account to download the
RHEL 9.4 or your favorite release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Navigate to the download section and
download the RHEL of your required version according to your system
architecture. Click on the download option according to CPU architecture and it
will start downloading.
Step
2: Create a Virtual Machine
This tutorial explains in detail how to create a virtual machine, including how to install VMware Workstation and create a virtual machine.
Specs of a virtual machine for this
installation
- RAM 8 GB
- Processor 1, 2 cores
- Storage 100 GB
Step
3: Upload ISO file
Upload the ISO file and power on the
virtual machine.
Step
4: Start Installation of RHEL 9.4
At boot up, this virtual will show the
installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux page.
Select install Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 9.4 with the up/down arrow key and press enter.
Step
5: Select Language
The language page will show a list of
languages. select the language of your required region and press continue.
Step
6 Installation Summary
The summary page will list a number of
configuration options that we select one by one and configure.
- Localization
- Software
- System
- User Settings
Localization:
localization includes keyboard, time & date, and language support
Software:
software includes connecting to Red Hat, software source, and software
selection
System:
The system includes the system destination (partitions), network, and hostname
User
Settings: user creation and root password
6.1:
Connect to Red Hat
A registration is required to access
the installation repository to install selected software. Click on connect to
Red Hat and provide login information, the purpose of the system, role, SLA,
usage and insights to connect to Red Hat Insights.
Options are also available to select
as a https proxy, satellite URL, custom base URL etc. Select any of the options
if applicable in your environment; otherwise, leave it and press register
On successful registration you will
see the message screen shown below. Press done to continue.
Step:
6.2 Select
Software
In the base environment, select the
type of server you have to install as I selected the server with a GUI.
Select additional software as per your
needs and requirements of your environment. Here is a complete list of selected
software.
Press done to finish software
selection.
Step:
6.3 Select Time & Date
Select the time zone region and city.
Press done to continue.
6.4:
Installation Destination (partitions)
Create partitions on the disk, two
options: automatic or custom. Select custom and press done.
Choose the partitioning scheme as
standard and click on the + sign to create partitions.
/boot
partition
Create /boot partition with a size of
1024 MiB.
/
root partition
Click on the + sign and create /
partition of 40 GiB. Select the size of the root partition as per your requirement
and available storage.
Swap
Partition
Click on the + sign and select swap
partition size of 8GiB. A rule of thumb for swap is double the size of physical
memory.
/opt
Partition
Click on the + sign and create /opt
partition of your required size. I assigned all remaining space to /opt, which
is 53 GiB and press done.
Finally accept changes to apply the new
partition table.
6.5:
Network and Hostname
Network settings have two options:
automatic and custom. This is your choice to choose automatic or custom
configuration. To add more than one network adopter, click on the + sign and to
configure network settings, click on configure.
For manual network settings, click on IPv4
settings and select manual from the drop-down list, click on add to assign the
IP address, subnet mask and gateway. Assign the DNS server IP address and click
Save to save the network settings.
Hostname
Settings
Choose a hostname for the newly
installed server as per the naming policy of your setup. Press apply, then
press done to complete the configuration.
6.6:
User Settings
Click on the root password to set the password
of the root user.
Root
Password
Set the root password according to security
policy and press done.
User
Creation
To create a user account, give full name,
username, set password as per security policy, check to make this user an administrator
and require a password to use this account.
6.7:
Begin Installation
All the necessary configuration is
done and click on begin installation to proceed with the installation.
6.8:
Installation Progress
Installation is in process. It will
take a few minutes to complete.
6.9:
Installation Complete
Installation is complete. Press the
reboot system to boot the system in normal mode.
6.10:
Log in Screen
A Red Hat Enterprise Linux login
screen will show after rebooting the system.
6.11:
Log in to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 System
Enter the user password to log in to the
RHEL 9.4 system and press enter as shown below.
On successful login you will a welcome
to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
To see system information, go into
settings then about.
Step
7: Registration Confirmation
To check the registration status and
installed product information, run the following command in the terminal.
# sudo subscription-manager register
status
# sudo subscription-manager list
That’s all for installation. Start
mastering Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Keep visiting SeekLinux for more updates
and information.
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