http://ssl.webangel.ie/ 2026-05-28T11:40:40+00:00 http://ssl.webangel.ie/ http://ssl.webangel.ie/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:redhat:redhat7:ad&rev=1759830220&do=diff Adding RHEL 7 Hosts to Active Directory Installing the “sssd” service if required. To allow a Red Hat 7.0 or 7.1 server to join Active Directory, we need to install the sssd service. This service performs a lot of previously manual configurations. To install this server type the following command text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:redhat:redhat7:hostnames&rev=1759830220&do=diff Setting up RHEL7 Hostnames This is relevant if you are using templates and you need to set the hostname of the new VM There is a file at /etc/hostname That is used to set the name. There is also a command hostnamectl that is used to manage it To change the hostname run following command text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:redhat:redhat7:systemctl&rev=1759830220&do=diff Systemctl This a major change in RHEL 7 and so far so good. It provides a lot more information. Here is a very good link to more infromation and options available in systemctl Starting and Stopping Services Pretty basic stuff To get a service started text/html 2025-10-07T09:43:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://ssl.webangel.ie/doku.php?id=linux:redhat:redhat7:targets&rev=1759830220&do=diff Changing Targets (used to be runlevels) Bacause of systemd Inittab is no longer used This makes changing to graphical user very different Systemd uses targets insead of runlevels. There are 2 main targets multi-user.target Analogous to runlevel 3