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How to Prep a CentOS 6 Host

Firstly Prep the Network Card

  • We will use eth0 as the interface name

Disable SELINUX (if required to)

  • sed -i s/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/g /etc/selinux/config

Change Hostname

  • vi /etc/sysconfig/network
    • Change HOSTNAME= to what is desired/required

Reboot

  • reboot

SSH into machine

Install Screen

  • yum install screen -y

Start Screen

  • screen -OR stuff
    • Change stuff to any other name

Update Machine

  • yum update -y