Introduction Red Hat Identity Management Server provides is a centralized identity management server for Linux, Mac, Windows. In this post we are going to setup and configure a HA deployment of Red Hat IDM on two RHEL 7.x servers. Red Hat Identity Management Server is based on the upstream project, FreeIPA. Prerequisites Only a couple … Continue reading Red Hat: Identity Management Server Setup and HA on RHEL 7
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OpenSCAP Part 3: Running Scans from the Command Line in RHEL 7
Introduction In part 1 of this series we were introduced to OpenSCAP and the process of running scans via the SCAP workbench. In part 2, we explored concepts and components that define security/vulnerability scans. In this 3rd post we are going to dive into the command line operation. Let's get started with oscap. Installing oscap In … Continue reading OpenSCAP Part 3: Running Scans from the Command Line in RHEL 7
OpenSCAP Part 2: SCAP Content for RHEL 7
Introduction In part one of the OpenSCAP series we were introduced to the basic usage of the OpenSCAP toolset. In that post we learned how to run a basic scan via the scap-workbench in a desktop environment. This post will focus on the Content, Profiles, and Targets. Content All content will be installed in the … Continue reading OpenSCAP Part 2: SCAP Content for RHEL 7
OpenSCAP Part 1: Introduction and Basic Usage for RHEL 7/CentOS 7/Fedora
Introduction OpenSCAP is a standardized compliance solution for Linux. It is comprised of policies (NIST, STIG, etc) and tooling (oscap, scap-workbench) that allow you to scan and evaluate Linux hosts in order to validate their compliance with industry defined standards. In addition to providing industry standard compliance rules, OpenSCAP also allows administrators to create custom … Continue reading OpenSCAP Part 1: Introduction and Basic Usage for RHEL 7/CentOS 7/Fedora
Monitor Tripplite UPS on RHEL 7 via NUT
One of the UPS's in my home lab is a Tripplite 1500VALCD. I wanted to be able to monitor/manage the UPS via RHEL/Centos however Tripplite no longer makes a Linux version of Power Alert Local for Linux. Instead I decided to use Nut. After connecting a USB cable between my RHEL server and my UPS, … Continue reading Monitor Tripplite UPS on RHEL 7 via NUT
Cockpit for Centos and RHEL 7: Install and Configure
Introduction I have recently purchased 3 Dell servers, and put myself to task to build out a new lab. My old lab was in desperate need of updating as I had long past the time when 48GB of memory per node was sufficient. The cost of memory, old or new was not even closely in … Continue reading Cockpit for Centos and RHEL 7: Install and Configure
Configure RHEL7/Centos 7 as a Virtualization Host
This is a fresh install of RHEL 7.5 First install the packages as shown below. yum install qemu-kvm libvirt Now install the additional recommened virtualization packages # yum install virt-install libvirt-python virt-manager virt-install libvirt-client Now restart libvirtd # systemctl restart libvirtd Now you should be able to launch virt-manager from your remote machine and … Continue reading Configure RHEL7/Centos 7 as a Virtualization Host