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Installation of CentOS 8

We are going to install version 8 of CentOS. It can be downloaded from centos.org. This installation is performing using a virtual machine (VM). To execute this installation it is necessary to download Oracle VM VirtualBox. The virtual machine is configured with: 4 vCPU, 8 GBytes of memory and 60 GBytes for hard drive.

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Once you run your virtual machine, configuring your boot order to the iso file of the installer:

Select the Boot

Choose "Install CentOS 8.0.1905", if you do not select an option .... the installer will select the first one when countdown finishes.

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Check devices

The system verifies the devices that your VM has.

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Language for installation

A screen is displayed for choosing the language. Select English (United States). Click on the Continue button.

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Installation summary

This screen shows a summary of the installation process, here you can modify some parameters.

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Keyboard Layout

Here you can choose your keyboard distribution. Click on the Done button.

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Time and Date

Here you can choose the city where you live in order to set the time zone. Click on the Done button.

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Destination of the installation

In this screen, select the destination of the installation, choose the disk or partition where you want to install the software. Click on the Done button.

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Network and Host Name

On this screen the network is enabled and the name of the device is placed. Click on the Done button.

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Installation Summary (finish)

Once we configure all the parameters and there is no alert message. Click on the Begin Installation button.

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User settings

On this screen, set the root password and create an user for our server.

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Root Password

Here we type the root password. Click on the Done button.

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Create user

Create an user for our server, usually this user will be the Administrator of the System. Click on the Done button.

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Installation process

While we are typing the root password and creating the user, at the botton section of the screen it shows that the installation is in progress.

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Completion of the installation

After all the packages are installed, the system requests to restart the server. Click on the Reboot button.

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Initial setup

After restarting the server a screen appears to perform the initial configuration where we must accept the license.

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License information

On this screen we check where it says: "I accept the license agreement" and click on the Done button.

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Finishing the initial setup

Click on Finish Configuration button.

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Login session

After finishing the initial configuration, the login screen is showed with the user that we have created previously, type the user's password and continue.

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Language for our work environment

We select the language with which we will work in CentOS. Click on the Next button.

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Keyboard distribution

We select the distribution of keyboard. Click on the Next button.

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Privacy

This functionality allows applications to use our geographic location for certain services. If you like, turn on this option. Click on the Next button.

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Online accounts

We can configure our online accounts in case we need it, otherwise click on the Skip button.

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And ready!!!

We finish with the adjustments and proceed to use our operating system, click on the Start Using CentOS Linux button.

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Desktop View

Then the desktop appears and we can start working on our server with CentOS 8.

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