CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] CentOS 5.4 Installation Manual For Putera.com Created by: MOHD RADZLI RAZIF BIN JEMAAT [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] 1.0 Introduction This tutorial is created to show the installation process for CentOS 5.4. There are many installations manual in the Internet and this is just one simple tutorial that maybe can be used for learning purpose. This installation is done using Sun VirtualBox, so some of the customization or configuration maybe different if it is done in actual PC or server. The installation is done using GUI mode and the system that used in this installation is GNOME desktop. All the images and sentences are created by the author except for those mentioned. As this is a simple and basic tutorial, if there are any errors, comments or suggestion, please let me know and e-mail me at [email protected].

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] 2.0 Server Deployment 2.1 CentOS Installation i. Before the installation, ensure that the system is set to boot on the DVD drive. The installation that will be shown was using the CentOS 5.4 Installation DVD and can be downloaded from http://www.centos.org. ii. Insert the DVD into the DVD drive and boot on it. iii. The CentOS installation option page will appear. User can choose to install in graphical mode or text mode (CLI-mode). In this case, just click enter to start graphical mode installation. iv. The CentOS installation page will appear. User will be asked either want to test the DVD or skip to continue to the installation. Users can click OK to check for any error on the DVD. In this case, click Skip to continue to the installation.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] v. Click Next to proceed with the installation.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] vi. Select the preferred language for the system and click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] vii. Select the keyboard layout for the system, in this case, use US English as default layout and click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] viii. If user wants to install fresh operating system, just click Yes on the warning box. It will erase all the >[email protected] ix. To fresh install, select Remove all partitions on selected drives and create default layout. All partitions in the disk will be erased. User also can create custom layout for the partition, to set the size for /boot, / etc. x. The CentOS system can be encrypted using Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS). Tick Encrypt System to encrypt the CentOS system using LUKS. What is LUKS? LUKS is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a standard on-diskformat, it does not only facilitate compatibility among distributions, but also provides secure management of multiple user passwords. In contrast to existing solution, LUKS stores all setup necessary setup information in the partition header, enabling the user to transport or migrate his >[email protected] xi. To proceed with the settings, click Next, then Yes.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xii. Enter the LUKS password in the password prompt and then click OK. Important! Don’t lose this LUKS key. If forgotten or lost, the system cannot be loaded after booted. xiii. In this next menu, user can set the network settings for the system. In this tutorial, we put the Hostname manually as testserver.local.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xiv. Then, click edit to put down manually the IP address and the subnet mask for the system. Click OK and click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xv. Select the timezone for your system. For this case, just select Asia/Kuala Lumpur. Then, click Next. xvi. Enter the password for the root (Super User) of the system. Then, click Next. xvii. In this part, user can select the package that required for the server. But, in this case, the system need to be customized more details, so click Customized Now and then click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xviii. Now, user can customized each of the application that required. In this case, some of the important application needed are: a. GNOME Dekstop Environment b. Server applications – DNS, MySQL, Mail server, Webserver c. Internet application – Firefox

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xix. Click Optional Package to get the detail applications and dependencies of each categories. xx. Then, click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxi. Now, to proceed with the installation, just click Next. Wait for the installation finish.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxii. The installation is finish. Now, click Reboot. xxiii. As setup earlier, the CentOS system is protected by the LUKS. So, enter the LUKS password as setup during the installation configuration process. Then press Enter. xxiv. Wait for the system to load.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected]

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxv. For the first time boot, user needs to configure some services for the system. Click Forward.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxvi. Setup the built-in firewall for the services that will be used for the server.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxvii. Just the disable the SELinux for the server.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxviii. Just click Next.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxix. Set the date and time for the system.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxx. Create regular user for the system (non-administrative user) and password.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxi. Just click Next, as server normally don’t have any sound card or no need for it.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxii. Click Finish. The system will be restarted.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxiii. Now, login as normal user or root (not recommended). Click Enter.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxiv. Put down the password.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxv. Now, user can explore the applications installed in the computer.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] xxxvi. Open terminal from Applications>Accessories>Terminal. xxxvii. Type yum update to update Red Hat application package in the system.

CENTOS 5 INSTALLATION TUTORIAL By: Razif Jemaat [email protected] 3.0 Conclusion The manual cover the basic installation for CentOS operating system. There are some details configuration and customization that have been done for the server but not covered in the documentation. But basically, the tutorial is enough for any user or administrator to install and deploy CentOS in their server or workstation.