RHEL6-46– BOOT PROCESS

                            RHEL6-46– BOOT PROCESS  

RHEL 6:

Have you ever thought what happen in between you switch on the power button and prompted for username/password?  

The tasks ran behind are collectively termed as BOOT PROCESS,

It starts after pressing power button,

LINUX-51 LVM REVIEW / RECAP

                                  LINUX-51  LVM REVIEW


                LINUX LVM REVIEW / RECAP:

                     

1. What is LVM
2. Why LVM is required
3. What is the difference between LVM & RAID
4. What is Physical Extent (PE) & Logical Extent (LE) 
5. Define PV, LV, VG
6. How to create PV
7. How to create VG
8. How to create LV

VMW3- HOW TO ADD ESXi/HOST’S TO vCenter

                 HOW TO ADD ESXi/HOST’S TO vCenter

We can connect all Hosts/ESXi individually and manage as well, if it is possible then why to add them in vCenter?

Just imagine a setup where 10 hosts are carrying several VM’s, then imagine to log in every host and manage them. How it feels?

Scary !!! isn’t it?

What is the first question coming in mind? How great it would be if I can manage all of them from one place, Right!!!   Yes…… Exactly,

VMW2- ESXi 6.5 INSTALLATION

                                    ESXi 6.5 INSTALLATION

Open Vmware Workstation, go to

File è New Virtual Machine è Custom (Advanced)

Now do as given in following snapshots,

VMW1- vCenter 6.5 INSTALLATION IN WINDOWS

                        vCenter 6.5 INSTALLATION IN WINDOWS

First install windows 2012

Following is setting of my Windows 2012 in vmware workstation,

50 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P5 (LOGS & LOG FILES SECURITY)

         LINUX- 50 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P5

IN LINUX (RHEL6 & RHEL7),

USER/LOGIN SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY

FILE / OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY

PHYSICAL SECURITY

LOG EVERYTHING

LOG FILE SECURITY

We already covered USER, NETWORK, FILE/OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY and PHYSICAL SECURITY.

Now it’s time to collect & secure evidence.

LOG EVERYTHING

LINUX- 49 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P4 (PHYSICAL SECURITY)

              LINUX- 49 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P4

IN LINUX (RHEL6 & RHEL7),

USER/LOGIN SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY

FILE / OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY

PHYSICAL SECURITY

LOG EVERYTHING

LOG FILE SECURITY

We already covered USER, NETWORK, & FILE/OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY. Let’s start with PHYSICAL SECURITY.

User/Network/File & Operating system security is already implemented, then why physical security is required?

48 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P3 (FILE/OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY)

        LINUX- 48 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P3

IN LINUX (RHEL6 & RHEL7),

USER/LOGIN SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY

FILE / OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY

PHYSICAL SECURITY

LOG EVERYTHING

LOG FILE SECURITY

We already covered USER SECURITY & NETWORK SECURITY. Let’s start FILE & OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY.

LINUX- 47 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P2 (NETWORK SECURITY)

         LINUX- 47 SECURITY & HARDENING (BASICS) -P2

 LINUX (RHEL6 & RHEL7),

USER/LOGIN SECURITY

NETWORK SECURITY

FILE / OPERATING SYSTEM SECURITY

PHYSICAL SECURITY

LOG EVERYTHING

LOG FILE SECURITY

We already covered USER SECURITY, Next is NETWORK SECURITY.

Once we connect to Network, it is now open for entire world. And we are not supposed to open for all, only trusted connections should be allowed.