Here are some quick notes for how I got a Rocky Linux 9.3 VM up and running.
Install using the minimal ISO image.
- Should I have used the boot image instead?
- Where is the difference explained?
Install QEMU guest agent, my preferred shell (tcsh), and some tools to make my dot files work.
- The EPEL repo has CVS, so enable it.
- The CRB repo must be enabled to use EPEL packages.
dnf install qemu-guest-agent dnf install tcsh chsh -s /bin/tcsh $USER dnf install epel-release crb enable dnf install cvs dnf install make dnf install perl
Configure static IP addresses with nmtui (or nmcli).
- A static IPv4 address in manual mode.
- A static IPv6 address in auto mode, so that the default route is picked up from the RAs.
Move SSH to another port. This required some extra steps in addition to just configuring sshd.
semanage port -m -t ssh_port_t -p tcp $PORT firewall-cmd --add-port=$PORT/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload
If the port is not assigned yet in the SELinux policy, you would use semanage port -a instead of -m.
TODO:
- Can’t seem to find BSD make (tried
pmake,bmake, andbsdmake). - Can’t seem to find
nvi.
I could just slap Nix on here, but then I could just run another NixOS VM instead…