Server Configuration

Change passwords

Change our standard passwords to secure passwords.

# kiosk
passwd

# root
sudo su -
passwd

Network configuration

Change the hostname of the server.

sudo vi /etc/hostname

<your_server_name>.<your_domain_name>

Change hostname and gateway.

sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network

NETWORKING="yes"
HOSTNAME="<your_hostname>"
GATEWAY="<your_gateway>"

Change IP address, subnetmask and the DNS server to match your needs.

sudo vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE="eth0"
#BOOTPROTO=dhcp
BOOTPROTO=static
NM_CONTROLLED="no"
PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=1
ONBOOT="yes"
TYPE=Ethernet
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPADDR="<server_ip_address>"
NETMASK="<server_subnetmask>"
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes
IPV6_DEFROUTE=yes
IPV6_PEERDNS=yes
IPV6_PEERROUTES=yes
IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no
NAME="eth0"
DNS1="<dns_server_ip>"

Change the NTP server to get the currect time.

sudo vi /etc/ntp.conf

#server 127.0.0.1
server <ntp_server_ip>

Proxy configuration

Configure a proxy server for yum to access the internet for system updates.

sudo vi /etc/yum.conf

[main]
...
proxy=http://<proxy_server_ip>:<port>
...

Install system updates

sudo yum update

Virtualization tools

VMware ESX

Please check the official documentation of VMware.

Next steps

Continue with the directory preparation guide to prepare your directory for YIAMKiosk.