Hands-On Evaluation 4

Introduction


This evaluation must be completed in class

Grading:

Grading Scheme

web04 built and patched1
httpd3
Kickstart3
yum repo changes3
Total10

Diagram


Part A: Install and configure httpd on web04

  1. set httpd to start on boot
  2. create a simple default html page that contains: Welcome to web04
  3. configure httpd to listen on 8888
  4. The grading script will run curl http://web04:8888

Part B: Kickstart

Modify default.ks on yoda so that every new system built contains an account for amita

  1. use the kickstart user command
  2. set amita's password to webpass
  3. amita's password must be hashed using the SHA512 algorythm
  4. use your 10 digit student number as the salt

Part C: YUM repo changes

  1. add cpio-2.12-10.el8.x86_64.rpm to the miniPatch repo on yoda
  2. run yum clean all on web04 to ensure that you get the latest repo data
  3. apply the patch to web04