Installing the operating system, kernel, and packages

  1. Download the CentOS 7.9 image.
    The CentOS 7.9 image is available from http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/. Download the CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-2009.iso file.

    The Fabric Services System nodes must run on a Linux kernel of 4.19.72-300.el7.x86_64.

  2. Install the CentOS 7.9 operating system on each Fabric Services System node.

    During installation, select the Infrastructure server profile under Software selection (also referred to as “base” and “core”).

  3. Install additional packages.
    • libcgroup
    • psmisc
    • policycoreutils-python
    • rpcbind
    Use the yum install -y libcgroup psmisc policycoreutils-python <package> command. For example:
    # yum install -y libcgroup psmisc policycoreutils-python rpcbind