Centos 7 Minimal Install

WrCombs

Starting with Centos 7 minimal ISO from the cluster
https://i.imgur.com/e3CAHLM.png
Then
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select disk to install system on - in this case its 'Virto Block device"
https://i.imgur.com/oGBkrBn.png
Click Being install
Set Root password and create a user
https://i.imgur.com/kqHasdZ.png
https://i.imgur.com/YysKeA2.png
then wait patiently for the OS to install.
Reboot, and there ya go
https://i.imgur.com/e9yfduo.png

bnrstnr

Is there ever a reason to go with one of the other security policies for centOS?

WrCombs

@bnrstnr said in Centos 7 Minimal Install:

Is there ever a reason to go with one of the other security policies for centOS?

I dont think so @scottalanmiller might be able to tell you more than me

JaredBusch

@wrcombs just FYI, you jacked up that file system.

CentOS 7 will make a 50GB partition for / and the rest will get set to /home when you use a disk that large.

I have posted about that a few times around here, but don't think I actually made a guide out of it.

scottalanmiller

@jaredbusch said in Centos 7 Minimal Install:

@wrcombs just FYI, you jacked up that file system.

CentOS 7 will make a 50GB partition for / and the rest will get set to /home when you use a disk that large.

I have posted about that a few times around here, but don't think I actually made a guide out of it.

Instructions were to build with 20GB.

Obsolesce

How do we know this is a minimal install? You didn't show minimal being selected on the software selection screen. Maybe you can edit in a screenshot of that for clarity.

WrCombs

@tim_g said in Centos 7 Minimal Install:

How do we know this is a minimal install? You didn't show minimal being selected on the software selection screen. Maybe you can edit in a screenshot of that for clarity.

I can clarify ISO image this evening not in front of my machine til after 4 this afternoon, but i used an Centos7 minimal iso, and this was my first installation guide, so bear with me.

Emad R

@tim_g said in Centos 7 Minimal Install:

How do we know this is a minimal install? You didn't show minimal being selected on the software selection screen. Maybe you can edit in a screenshot of that for clarity.

Using the minimal ISO image you dont have software selection to choose from (only 1 role) so it defaults to minimal.

Emad R

@bnrstnr said in Centos 7 Minimal Install:

Is there ever a reason to go with one of the other security policies for centOS?

Depends where you work, usually this is set for government standards for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards

So theoretically if you work for the Government agency they will require you to choose certain protocols, and those profiles will make your life easier.