SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Red Hat Kickstart
Summary: How to work with Red Hat kickstart, the installation service for Red Hat.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Red Hat Kickstart is a method for a system administrator to create an answer file to answer the question usually asked during an installation. It is similar to jumpstart from Solaris or the unattend file for Windows installations. This page is about creating a kickstart file, modifying it to your needs and finally using it during an installation with a DVD.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.2 Installation
Summary: How to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.2.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Red Hat WebServer
Summary: How to install apache webserver on Red Hat.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This is a small howto on how to deply a webserver, also known as a httpd server, on Red Hat. Deploying services on Red Hat is always on the ISET method:
- I: Install
- S: Service
- E: Enable
- T: Test
Red Hat Firewall
Summary: How to configure the Red Hat Firewall.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 29 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
There are two ways to modify the firewall on a Red Hat box, and these two are not compatible with each other. So keep in mind that if you use one, you have to stick with that. So again, there are two options, the tooling (mostly done with the graphical tool) and editing the config manually. If you make a change in the config file manually, it won't be picked up by the tool. So, if you're working with multiple people on a server, make sure to document or talk about these things! In this page I'll discuss the graphical tool here versus manually modifying the config files. If you work with the tooling you can also use the iptables command. For more information about that look here.