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Gatekeeper will block virtualbox from installing. All you have to do is go into Security & Privacy of System Preferences and click Allow under the General tab and rerun installation.
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" && xcode-select --install &&brew install ansible ; brew install python ; brew install --cask vagrant ; brew install --cask VirtualBox ; brew install --cask virtualbox-extension-pack ; vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible
brew install --cask vagrant
)
vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible
brew install --cask VirtualBox
)
brew install --cask virtualbox-extension-pack
)~/bin
directory and cd
to it. (The directory doesn't have to be ~/bin, it can be anything you want.)git clone https://github.com/rdbreak/rhcsa8env.git
rhcsa8env
directory that is now in your ~/bin
directory.vagrant up
to deploy the environment (If the environment has a designated repo VM it will take the longest to deploy the first time only, this is because the repo system has all the packages available to the base release but will be quicker on subsequent deployments.)NOTE - If it's been awhile since you've run yum update, do that first. Reboot if the kernel was updated. There may be some dependencies errors but don't be alarmed as this won't stop the environment from working.
NOTE2 - If you receive an error for an ansible guest vagrant plugin, DO NOT worry, as there are two different plugins related to Ansible and only one needs to be installed.
systemctl stop packagekit; yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y git binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms libvirt libvirt-devel ruby-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel libguestfs-tools-c ; mkdir ~/Vagrant ; cd ~/Vagrant ; curl -o vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/2.2.6/vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm && yum install -y vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm && vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible ; vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest-ansible ; wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo ; yum install -y VirtualBox-6.0 && systemctl start packagekit
systemctl stop packagekit; dnf -y install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm ; dnf install -y git binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms libvirt libvirt-devel ruby-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel libguestfs-tools-c ; mkdir ~/Vagrant ; cd ~/Vagrant ; curl -o vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/2.2.6/vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm && dnf install -y vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.rpm && vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible ; wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo ; dnf install -y VirtualBox-6.0 && /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup ; usermod -a -G vboxusers root ; systemctl start packagekit
~/bin
directory and cd
to it. (The directory doesn't have to be ~/bin, it can be anything you want.)git clone https://github.com/rdbreak/rhcsa8env.git
rhcsa8env
directory that is now in your ~/bin
directory.vagrant up
to deploy the environment (If the environment has a designated repo VM it will take the longest to deploy the first time only, this is because the repo system has all the packages available to the base release but will be quicker on subsequent deployments.)vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible
dnf update -y
to update your system, then run the script below as root to install everything at once:
dnf -y install wget git binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms libvirt libvirt-devel ruby-devel libxslt-devel libxml2-devel ; wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo ; mv virtualbox.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo ; dnf install -y VirtualBox-6.0 ; usermod -a -G vboxusers ${USER} ; /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup ; dnf -y install vagrant ; dnf remove -y rubygem-fog-core ; vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible
~/bin
directory and cd
to it using the same PowerShell/Terminal as Administrator/Root. (The directory doesn't have to be ~/bin, it can be anything you want.)~/bin
in the above example.~/bin/rhcsa8env
directory then run vagrant up
to deploy the environment. (If the environment has a designated repo VM it will take the longest to deploy the first time only, this is because the repo system has all the packages available to the base release but will be quicker on subsequent deployments.)NOTE - If it's been awhile since you've run apt update, do that first. Reboot if the kernel was updated.
sudo snap install ruby ; sudo apt install ruby-bundler git -y; wget -c https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/2.2.6/vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.deb ; sudo dpkg -i vagrant_2.2.6_x86_64.deb ; wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - ; wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - ; sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib"; sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y virtualbox-6.0 ; vagrant plugin install vagrant-guest_ansible
~/bin
directory and cd
to it. (The directory doesn't have to be ~/bin, it can be anything you want.)git clone https://github.com/rdbreak/rhcsa8env.git
rhcsa8env
directory that is now in your ~/bin
directory.vagrant up
to deploy the environment (If the environment has a designated repo VM it will take the longest to deploy the first time only, this is because the repo system has all the packages available to the base release but will be quicker on subsequent deployments.)Also, don't be spooked by any scary red font during the setup process. There are known issues that won't have a negative affect on the environment.
Now the deployment should be up and running!
NOTE this requires a free Github account
ansible-playbook playbooks/reset.yml
- Used for resetting Servers 1 and 2 after attempting the practice exam in the Red Hat Certs Slack workspace practice exam channel. vagrant up
- Boots and provisions the environmentvagrant destroy -f
- Shuts down and destroys the environmentvagrant halt
- Only shuts down the environment VMs (can be booted up with vagrant up
)vagrant suspend
- Puts the VMs in a suspended statevagrant resume
- Takes VMs out of a suspended stateYou can also use the VirtualBox console to interact with the VMs or through a terminal. If you need to reset the root password, you would need to use the console. I'm constantly making upgrades to the environments, so every once and awhile run git pull
in the repo directory to pull down changes. If you're using Windows, it's recommended to use Github Desktop so you can easily pull changes that are made to the environment. The first time you run the vagrant up command, it will download the OS images for later use. In other words, it will take longest the first time around but will be faster when it is deployed again. You can run vagrant destroy -f
to destroy your environment at anytime. This will erase everything. This environment is meant to be reuseable, If you run the vagrant up
command after destroying the environment, the OS image will already be downloaded and environment will deploy faster. Deployment should take around 15 minutes depending on your computer. You shouldn't need to access the IPA server during your practice exams. Everything should be provided that you would normally need during an actual exam. Hope this helps in your studies!
server1
- 192.168.55.150
- Gateway - 192.168.55.1
- DNS - 8.8.8.8 server2
- 192.168.55.151
- Gateway - 192.168.55.1
- DNS - 8.8.8.8
There is a Repo/AppStream available to use from http://repo.eight.example.com/BaseOS
and http://repo.eight.example.com/AppStream
Remember to add the IP addresses to your local host file if you want to connect to the guest systems with the hostname. Username - vagrant Password - vagrant
sudo
or sudo su
Access example - ssh vagrant@192.168.55.150
or vagrant ssh system
If you're having problems with the environment, please submit an issue by going to the ISSUES
tab at the top. If you have more questions, looking for practice exams to use against this environment, or just looking for a fantastic Red Hat community to join to get your questions answered, check out the Red Hat Certs Slack Workspace. You can find the invite link at the top of this page next to the description.
Running the 'vagrant up' environment build will fail If HyperV is installed on the Windows VirtualBox host. Error is usually "VT-x is not available. (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX)" or similar, when the script attempts to boot the first VM.
Resolution seems to be either remove HyperV, or preventing its hypervisor from starting with the command: bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off, followed by a reboot.