Linux Tools VM¶

Overview¶

This CentOS VM image will be staged with packages used to support multiple lab exercises.

Deploy this VM on your assigned cluster if directed to do so as part of Lab Setup.

Deploying CentOS¶

In Prism Central > select > Virtual Infrastructure > VMs, and click Create VM.

Fill out the following fields:

• Name - Initials-Linux-ToolsVM
• Description - (Optional) Description for your VM.
• vCPU(s) - 1
• Number of Cores per vCPU - 2
• Memory - 2 GiB

• Select + Add New Disk

  • Type - DISK
  • Operation - Clone from Image Service
  • Image - CentOS7.qcow2
  • Select Add

• Select Add New NIC

  • VLAN Name - Secondary
  • Select Add

Click Save to create the VM.

Power on the VM.

Installing Tools¶

Login to the VM via ssh or Console session, using the following credentials:

• Username - root
• password - nutanix/4u

Install the software needed by running the following commands:

yum update -y
yum install -y ntp ntpdate unzip stress nodejs python-pip s3cmd awscli
npm install -g request
npm install -g express

systemctl start ntpd
systemctl enable ntpd
ntpdate -u -s 0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org
systemctl restart ntpd

systemctl disable firewalld
systemctl stop firewalld
setenforce 0
sed -i 's/enforcing/disabled/g' /etc/selinux/config /etc/selinux/config

yum -y install python36
python3.6 -m ensurepip
yum -y install python36-setuptools
pip install -U pip
pip install boto3