Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server on a single server

Last Updated : Jun 05, 2026 |

About this task

The default values provided for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server installation are suitable from an Experience Portal perspective. However, there are instances where you must select values other than the default. The following steps are guidelines to installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and provide instructions for instances when the default values are not suitable for Experience Portal.

Before you begin

Have the completed Single server configuration worksheet ready to help answer the questions raised during the installation.

Procedure

  1. Reboot the server so that it boots from the media of a supported version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.

    The system displays the Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise Linux screen.

  2. Select the Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux option.
  3. Select English as the language to use during the installation process.
  4. Select the U.S. English keyboard option.
  5. Select Installation Destination and select the disk to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux..
  6. Select Network and Host name.
  7. Enter the host name and select Apply.
    Note:

    All network configuration including the hostname and IP (and other properties specified in steps 7 and 8) must remain the same.

  8. To configure the network:
    1. Ensure that eth0/ens192, the main Ethernet interface, is enabled.
    2. On the IPv4 Settings tab, configure the following settings using the values specified on the installation worksheet:

      • Static IP address

      • Netmask

      • Gateway

      • DNS servers

      • Search domains

  9. Enter the applicable timezone.
  10. Select Begin Installation.
  11. Enter the root password. Ensure that you enter the value that you have specified in the installation worksheet.
  12. Complete the installation and reboot the system.
  13. After the system reboots, complete the post-installation configuration procedures.
    1. Accept the License Agreement and Finish Configuration (RHEL 8.x).
    2. Set the system clock.
    3. Create a non-root account. Ensure that you use the value that you have specified in the installation worksheet.
      Note:

      After the Experience Portal software is installed, use a non-root account to log in and then change to root account by using the su — command.

    4. Disable the firewall.
    5. Set default umask to 027 in the /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc scripts.
    6. Configure a yum repository that has required Experience Portal packages.
  14. Configure Avaya Secure Access Link (SAL) or the Enhanced Access Security Gateway (EASG) solution if you have purchased a maintenance agreement with Avaya services, and the server is the Primary EPM server.

Next Steps

After you successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, you can perform the software installation prerequisite tasks on this server as described in Prerequisites checklist for installing Avaya Experience Portal software on a single server.

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