Fedora 27 (F27) Installation

This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a basic installation of Fedora 27 (F27).

Basic Installation
Network Configuration
SELinux
Firewall
SSH

Basic Installation

Boot from the DVD. Use the up arrow to pick the "Start Fedora-WorkStation-Live 27" option and hit the return key.
Click the "Install to Hard Drive" option.
Select the appropriate language, then click the "Continue" button.
You are presented with the "Installation Summary" screen. You must complete any marked items before you can continue with the installation. Depending on your requirements, you may also want to alter the default settings by clicking on the relevant links.

Click the "Installation Destination" link.
If you are happy to use automatic partitioning of the whole disk, click the "Done" button to return to the previous screen.

If you want to modify the partitioning configuration, select the "Custom" option and click the "Done" button to work through the partitioning screens.
Once you have completed your alterations to the default configuration, click the "Begin Installation" button.
Click the "Root Password" link.
Enter the root password and click the "Done" button.

Click the "User Creation" link.
Enter the user details and select the "Make this user administrator" option, then click the "Done" button.
Wait for the installation to complete. When prompted, click the "Quit" button, then reboot the Live DVD session.
If chose to do a minimal installation and you now want a GUI desktop, log in and issue the following commands from the console to install the desktop packages and reboot.
```
# dnf update -y
# dnf groupinstall "MATE Desktop" -y
# dnf install gdm -y
# systemctl enable gdm 
# systemctl set-default graphical.target
# reboot
```
Select the user you wish to log in as and enter the password, then click the "Sign In" button.
You are now presented with the console screen.

Network Configuration

The specific instructions will vary a little, depending on the window manager you have installed.

If you are using DHCP to configure your network settings, then ignore the following network configuration screens, otherwise click on the top-right drop-down icon in the top toolbar, expand the network connection of interest and select the "Wired Settings" option. Click the "Edit" (Cog) button for the network you want to amend.
Click the "IPv4" section, select the "Manual" method and enter the appropriate IP address and subnet mask, default gateway and primary DNS, then click the "Apply" button.
Close the network dialog.

SELinux

If the OS is to be used for an Oracle installation, it is easier if Secure Linux (SELinux) is disabled or switched to permissive. To do this edit the "/etc/selinux/config" file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.
```
SELINUX=permissive
```
If SELinux is configured after installation, the server will need a reboot for the change to take effect.

Firewall

If the OS is to be used for an Oracle installation, it is easier if the firewall is disabled. This can be done by issuing the following commands from a terminal window as the "root" user.
```
# systemctl stop firewalld
# systemctl disable firewalld
```

You can install and configure it later if you wish.

SSH

Make sure the SSH daemon is started using the following commands.
```
# systemctl start sshd.service
# systemctl enable sshd.service
```

For more information see:

Fedora

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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