· Create an account on the Red Hat Developers site and download an ISO of RHEL 8.4 (documentation not required)
· Install a Red Hat server with specs that you feel as though your computer will be able to handle to run a Windows Server VM with it (RHEL does not require much in terms of system resources).
· For Package Group Selection, select Basic Server
· Partition your virtual disk as follows:
· 60% /
· 20% /var
· 20% /var/logs
· During installation create a user for yourself and make it a root user
· Ensure your server can connect to the internet and run an update of the system using yum.
· Shut down the server and attach a small virtual hard disk to the VM.
· Create a new user group with the name of your choosing- add yourself to that group
· Create a new directory in your user’s directory with the name of your choosing.
· Mount the entire new virtual drive your created with the entire drive space partitioned to that directory
· set up the network connection and test connectivity to the internet by pinging a public site such as redhat.com
· Attach your Red Hat machine to your Developer subscription using these instructions: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/02/10/how-to-activate-your-no-cost-red-hat-enterprise-linux-subscription#
· Take a backup of the system using a method of your choosing
· After the backup is completed, see if an update to the Linux kernel is available. If one is available, install. (With all software installs/updates a backup is recommended, but is absolutely critical when doing a kernel update)