redhat [offer] Red_Hat_RHCSA/E 8 Classroom Prep usb image for (RH124, 134, and 294) + instructions [ part4/4]

[jiomatian]

 

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= CLASSROOM SETUP MEDIA PREPARATION GUIDE                                 =
=   for foundation-based RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 8                       =
=   as used with the Red Hat Academy materials provided                   =
= Version: 8.x-7  17-Mar-2019 (ChangeLog at end of document.)             =
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usb-8.0-20G-rhce8-*.img                     (RH124, 134, and 294)
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Linux administrator
    RH124: Red Hat System Administration I |     RH134: Red Hat System Administration II |     RH294: Red Hat System Administration II (Automation with Ansible)
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Edited June 24, 2022 by jiomatian

[gulabjamun]

thanks

[Hysteria]

Image corrupted

[uberdriver]

On 10/27/2021 at 10:21 PM, jiomatian said:

 

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= CLASSROOM SETUP MEDIA PREPARATION GUIDE                                 =
=   for foundation-based RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 8                       =
=   as used with the Red Hat Academy materials provided                   =
= Version: 8.x-7  17-Mar-2019 (ChangeLog at end of document.)             =
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usb-8.0-20G-rhce8-*.img                     (RH124, 134, and 294)
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Linux administrator
    RH124: Red Hat System Administration I |     RH134: Red Hat System Administration II |     RH294: Red Hat System Administration II (Automation with Ansible)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux skill path

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"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. "
Isaac Asimov

! rhElNJOY !

Hi thanks for the post. I was wondering how many parts is it and where is the part 1,2,3.

Appreciate your response.

Thanks

[enriqueigl]

Anyone else get the error message as 'image corrupted'????

[sledgehammer]

Hi all, 

The image is ok and it works fine. Please follow these instructions:

Again, I'm using VMware Workstation 15.5 Pro

1) Convert .img to .vmdk: qemu-img convert -O vmdk <src.img> <dest.vmdk>
2) Create blank VM in VMware (I'm using Workstation 15.5 Pro):
-- Hardware = Workstation 10.x [I've also used 15.x]
-- I will install the operating system later
-- Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 64-bit)
-- Give it a name
-- (2) CPUs
-- 16G mem (8 will do)
-- 1 NIC, on VMnet3
-- LSI Logic (recommended)
-- SCSI (Recommended) [I've also used NVMe]
-- Create a new virtual disk (stored as a single file)
-- minimum 105Gb
-- NEXT then Finish

3) Edit virtual machine settings
-- Processors: turn on Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI
(I also turned on Virtualize IOMMU (IO memory management unit))

-- add second HDD (SCSI), point it to the .vmdk file (Use existing virtual disk), Keep Existing Format

4) Start VM
-- (if needed) change BIOS to point to second disk, if need be (you have to be very, very fast to hit F2 and the cursor must be in the VM window. If you miss it, you have to reboot and try again)

5) install course
-- at boot: prompt: standalone rh124 (or rh134, rh294)

6) during RHEL installation
-- set timezone
-- Begin Installation button
-- wait a good long while, there will be some GUI stuff, then some CLI stuff, then the GUI again.
-- Press the Reboot button

7) Change the boot drive back to the first (200Gb) hard drive (Again, gotta be FAST to hit that F2 button)

😎 when foundation0 boots up, log in as kiosk using redhat as the password

9) Open a terminal -- install course as: standalone rh124
-- at this time, another course could be install using (as the root user):
rht-usb usbcourse <course>, where <course> would be rh124, rh134, or rh294

-- verify course: rht-verify-f0 (no FAILs should be seen, a WARNING on time is OK)

-- finish / start classroom: rht-f0finish
(again, wait a long while... this should have all PASS) then it will download the images and start the other VMs

-- ssh into classroom, then rht-verify-classroom (this should have all PASS), then exit.

10) At this point, you can remove the second HDD from the VMware VM (foundation0) as it is no longer needed -- especially if you are going to distribute this as a OVA/OVF file.

11) you can now go into the VMs and do the labs...

[enriqueigl]

4 hours ago, sledgehammer said:

Hi all, 

The image is ok and it works fine. Please follow these instructions:

Again, I'm using VMware Workstation 15.5 Pro

1) Convert .img to .vmdk: qemu-img convert -O vmdk <src.img> <dest.vmdk>
2) Create blank VM in VMware (I'm using Workstation 15.5 Pro):
-- Hardware = Workstation 10.x [I've also used 15.x]
-- I will install the operating system later
-- Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 64-bit)
-- Give it a name
-- (2) CPUs
-- 16G mem (8 will do)
-- 1 NIC, on VMnet3
-- LSI Logic (recommended)
-- SCSI (Recommended) [I've also used NVMe]
-- Create a new virtual disk (stored as a single file)
-- minimum 105Gb
-- NEXT then Finish

3) Edit virtual machine settings
-- Processors: turn on Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI
(I also turned on Virtualize IOMMU (IO memory management unit))

-- add second HDD (SCSI), point it to the .vmdk file (Use existing virtual disk), Keep Existing Format

4) Start VM
-- (if needed) change BIOS to point to second disk, if need be (you have to be very, very fast to hit F2 and the cursor must be in the VM window. If you miss it, you have to reboot and try again)

5) install course
-- at boot: prompt: standalone rh124 (or rh134, rh294)

6) during RHEL installation
-- set timezone
-- Begin Installation button
-- wait a good long while, there will be some GUI stuff, then some CLI stuff, then the GUI again.
-- Press the Reboot button

7) Change the boot drive back to the first (200Gb) hard drive (Again, gotta be FAST to hit that F2 button)

😎 when foundation0 boots up, log in as kiosk using redhat as the password

9) Open a terminal -- install course as: standalone rh124
-- at this time, another course could be install using (as the root user):
rht-usb usbcourse <course>, where <course> would be rh124, rh134, or rh294

-- verify course: rht-verify-f0 (no FAILs should be seen, a WARNING on time is OK)

-- finish / start classroom: rht-f0finish
(again, wait a long while... this should have all PASS) then it will download the images and start the other VMs

-- ssh into classroom, then rht-verify-classroom (this should have all PASS), then exit.

10) At this point, you can remove the second HDD from the VMware VM (foundation0) as it is no longer needed -- especially if you are going to distribute this as a OVA/OVF file.

11) you can now go into the VMs and do the labs...

Thank you for this detailed explanation.

[beast197]

does anyone have parts 1 ,2 and 3 of this offer ?

 

[syberexpat]

@beast197please check in the forum all the parts are there.

[beast197]

@syberexpatThanks for making me look again ..

[manofring]

On 11/15/2021 at 10:03 PM, sledgehammer said:

(I also turned on Virtualize IOMMU (IO memory management unit)) < --- Useless option

4) Start VM
-- (if needed) change BIOS to point to second disk, if need be (you have to be very, very fast to hit F2 and the cursor must be in the VM window. If you miss it, you have to reboot and try again)

LOL 

open virtual machine vmx file at begining and put this lines for boot delay

bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE"
bios.bootDelay = "10000" 

 

On 11/15/2021 at 10:03 PM, sledgehammer said:

5) install course
-- at boot: prompt: standalone rh124 (or rh134, rh294) < --- write f0 RH134 or f0 RH134 or f0 RH294 not f0 rhXXX

7) Change the boot drive back to the first (200Gb) hard drive (Again, gotta be FAST to hit that F2 button)

LOL

Just change number in SATA,SCSI in VMware !!!

 Do u read README txt files ???

OMG

 

 

[Frans]

thanks

[Lion2023]

.......

[takak]

thanks!

[akmcisco]

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[cnet123]

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[DimDim974]

Hi thanks for the post.

[TuPadre]

On 11/15/2021 at 1:03 PM, sledgehammer said:

Hi all, 

The image is ok and it works fine. Please follow these instructions:

Again, I'm using VMware Workstation 15.5 Pro

1) Convert .img to .vmdk: qemu-img convert -O vmdk <src.img> <dest.vmdk>
2) Create blank VM in VMware (I'm using Workstation 15.5 Pro):
-- Hardware = Workstation 10.x [I've also used 15.x]
-- I will install the operating system later
-- Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 64-bit)
-- Give it a name
-- (2) CPUs
-- 16G mem (8 will do)
-- 1 NIC, on VMnet3
-- LSI Logic (recommended)
-- SCSI (Recommended) [I've also used NVMe]
-- Create a new virtual disk (stored as a single file)
-- minimum 105Gb
-- NEXT then Finish

3) Edit virtual machine settings
-- Processors: turn on Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI
(I also turned on Virtualize IOMMU (IO memory management unit))

-- add second HDD (SCSI), point it to the .vmdk file (Use existing virtual disk), Keep Existing Format

4) Start VM
-- (if needed) change BIOS to point to second disk, if need be (you have to be very, very fast to hit F2 and the cursor must be in the VM window. If you miss it, you have to reboot and try again)

5) install course
-- at boot: prompt: standalone rh124 (or rh134, rh294)

6) during RHEL installation
-- set timezone
-- Begin Installation button
-- wait a good long while, there will be some GUI stuff, then some CLI stuff, then the GUI again.
-- Press the Reboot button

7) Change the boot drive back to the first (200Gb) hard drive (Again, gotta be FAST to hit that F2 button)

😎 when foundation0 boots up, log in as kiosk using redhat as the password

9) Open a terminal -- install course as: standalone rh124
-- at this time, another course could be install using (as the root user):
rht-usb usbcourse <course>, where <course> would be rh124, rh134, or rh294

-- verify course: rht-verify-f0 (no FAILs should be seen, a WARNING on time is OK)

-- finish / start classroom: rht-f0finish
(again, wait a long while... this should have all PASS) then it will download the images and start the other VMs

-- ssh into classroom, then rht-verify-classroom (this should have all PASS), then exit.

10) At this point, you can remove the second HDD from the VMware VM (foundation0) as it is no longer needed -- especially if you are going to distribute this as a OVA/OVF file.

11) you can now go into the VMs and do the labs...

Hey mannn.

 

thank you i installed it using your guide

 

but now how do we access the labs????

[sledgehammer]

Hi, you just have to follow the student guide of the course you have loaded. For example:

  

 

 

Remember that for all kiosks you have this setup:

Enjoy!!!!

[firesnake]

thanks

[dekapat]

tk

[momo1488]

thanks!!

 

[cj500]

Great for self learning, time to  brush up my rusty linux :))

[VDomain2022]

Perfect environment for learning, i've converted the .img file to VMDK (Qemu-img)  and then to a variant (vmkfstools -i ) which is suitable for using with VMware vSphere 7.

Also updated the Classroom, Foundation0 and Workstation to 8.4 including Ansible 2.9.27.

Thanks again for sharing.

[JAOUAD]

On 11/15/2021 at 8:03 PM, sledgehammer said:

Hi, what account to use when building and testing the environment, do I need to work all the lab from workstation if yes what account / password to use, I did found two accounts student account and devops and only devops that let me in with password redhat, please advise

 

On 11/16/2021 at 12:15 AM, enriqueigl said: