Said Jamal Uddin Afghani university

CS522
Network Operating System

Khalid Shinwari
khalidshinwari@gmail.com,
0788350228

Information Technology Department

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Computer Science Faculty
 Lecture 4

In this lecture we will discuss the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and
Ubuntu operating system
How to Install RHEL 7 on VMware Workstation – Step By Step

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is the latest version of RHEL server family. It has a lot of
new features and improvements over its older version “RHEL 6”. Now, RHEL 7 is more
suitable and compatible with the Cloud and Virtualization technologies.

In this post, we will explain step by step guide to install RHEL 7 on VMware
Workstation or VMware Player. For this, we will use the ISO image file as
the installation source. You can download the evaluation version of ISO image from
the Red Hat official site. Alternatively, you may also use CentOS 7 rather than RHEL 7
for the same purpose. As you install RHEL 7 on VMware workstation, similarly, you
can install RHEL 7 on a physical system or on VirulaBox or on Hyper-V platform.
The installation steps will remain same for all the platforms.
 Steps To Install RHEL 7

To install RHEL 7 on VMware, you need to perform the following steps:

1. Open the VMware Workstation or Player console and click create a New Virtual Machine.
Select the installation source such as Installer disc image file (iso):
2. Click Next to proceed. On the Select a Guest Operating System page, select Linux as the guest
operating system and RHEL 7 as the version. If RHEL 7 is not available in the version drop-down
list, select the RHEL 6 (64-bit) and then click next to proceed.
3. On the Name and Virtual Machine page, specify the name and location for the virtual machine
and then click Next to proceed.
4. In the Specify Disk Capacity page, set the desired disk size (20 GB would be enough for the
testing purpose). Select the Store virtual disk as a single file option and click Next to proceed.
5. On the Ready to Create Virtual Machine page, click Finish. Power on the created virtual
machine. On the boot options, select Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and press Enter.
6. When you are asked, press again Enter to begin the installation process. On the Welcome page,
select the language and click Continue.

7. On the Installation Summary page, click SOFTWARE SELECTION and select Server with GUI option.
The default package selection does not contain the GUI packages. Hence, if you do not select GUI packages
manually, you will not be able to switch into the graphical user interface.
8. Click INSTALLATION DESTINATION. On the Device Selection screen, accept the automatically
configure partitioning option and click done. If you are already familiar with disk partitioning in
Linux, create partitions with your custom settings, else better to accept the default selection.
9. The summary screen returns, click Begin Installation. On the configuration screen, set the desired
root password. You may also create additional users during the installation process if you wish.
 10. The installation process starts. It may take 15-20 minutes. Wait until
the installation process completes.

11.Reboot the virtual machine. Accept the license terms and finish the installation. You
may also be asked to set the Kdump memory and subscription management. Once
the system is rebooted, follow the on-screen instruction to set the basic settings such
as keyboard language and time zone.

12.On the Login screen, login with root user and use your first RHEL 7 server.

That’s’ all you need to do to install RHEL 7 on VMware Workstation/Player. Hope, it

helped you. Stay connected for the upcoming articles .
 Minimum system requirements

Ubuntu runs well on most computer systems. If you are unsure whether it will work on your
computer, the Live DVD is a great way to test things out first. Below is a list of hardware
specifications that your computer should meet as a minimum requirement.

 1 GHz x86 processor (Pentium 4 or better)

 1 GB of system memory(RAM)
 5 GB of disk space(at least 15 GB is recommended)
 Video support capable of 1024x768 resolution
 Audio support
 An Internet connection (highly recommended, but not required)
Installation Steps Of Ubuntu
• Step1: Download the ISO file of Ubuntu (64-bit) or (32-bit).
• Step2: Boot your system with Bootable DVD / USB drive.
To start the installation click on “Install Ubuntu”
Step3: check both the boxes and make sure system is connected to Internet
• Download updates while installing
• Install this third-party software
Step4: Select the Installation Type
• If your system has new hard drive and if nothing installed on it , then you can choose the first
option “Erase disk & Install Ubuntu” .
• If you want LVM based file system , then use third option “Use LVM with new Ubuntu
Installation”
• If you want to create customize partition table , the use last option “Something else”
Click on Install Now….
Confirm to Write Changes to Disk:
Step5: Select your respective Time Zone
Step6: Select your respective Keyboard Layout
Step7: Set the Hostname of your system and User credentials that will be used after installation.
As shown below Installation has started.
Once the installation is completed, it will ask to restart the Machine.
Step8: Login Screen after reboot.