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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9786-5_42

42. Server Preparation

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will

  • Create a new VM on which to install Fedora to use as a server, firewall, and router.

  • Install the latest version of Fedora on the VM to be used as the server.

  • Make a few configuration changes to ensure that the new VM will provide a suitable base to use as a server.

  • Set the hostname.

  • Change the network configuration to static.

  • Verify the virtual network connection between StudentVM1 and StudentVM2, as well as between the VMs and the outside world.

  • Define the purpose and ...

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