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        IP address.  When configuring your network card, be sure to unselect         IP address.  When configuring your network card, be sure to unselect
        the DHCP option and enter in your network information.</dd>         the DHCP option and enter in your network information.</dd>
    <dt>Software</dt>     <dt>Software</dt>
    <dd>Click the "Customize Now" radio button and for a minimal install uncheck all packages except "Base" in the Base System category.  If you leave other packages checked in any of the other categories, you'll need additional ISO CDs.</dd>     <dd>Click the "Customize Now" radio button and select a minimal install.
 </dl>  </dl>
 <p>  <p>
 Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root.  Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root.
 </p>  </p>
 <h3>Firewall and SELinux Configuration</h3>  <h3>Firewall and SELinux Configuration</h3>
 <p>  <p>
 The first time you log-in, the Setup Agent will be displayed. (If you exit it early you can enter it again by running the command  Starting with LON-CAPA 2.11.3 you have the option of using either firewalld or iptables to
   manage the Firewall on your CentOS 7 server/VM, as both are compatible with LON-CAPA's
   port management.</p>
   <p>Enable access to standard web server ports (i.e., http and https) as follows, if
   using firewalld::</p>
   <pre>
   systemctl enable firewalld
   systemctl start firewalld
   firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http
   firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https
   firewall-cmd --reload
   </pre>
   <p>If you prefer to use the traditional iptables package instead of the default firewalld,
   you will need to install iptables-services, disable firewalld, enable iptables, and then
   use the system-config-firewall-tui tool to configure the Firewall.
 </p>  </p>
 <pre>  <pre>
 setup  yum install iptables-services
   systemctl mask firewalld
   systemctl enable iptables
   systemctl enable ip6tables
   systemctl stop firewalld
   systemctl start iptables
   systemctl start ip6tables
 </pre>  </pre>
 <p>  <p>
 This tool should be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux.  Install the system-config-firewall-tui package and configure the Firewall.
 </p>  </p>
   <pre>
   yum install system-config-firewall-tui
   system-config-firewall-tui
   </pre>
 <ol>  <ol>
   <li>Select Security Level: Enabled, and Customize, to allow    <li>Select Security Level: Enabled, and Customize, to allow
       incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW        incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW
       (HTTPS).        (HTTPS).
   </li>    </li>
   <li>Set SELinux to Disabled.</li>  
   <li>Select OK, and then Quit</li>    <li>Select OK, and then Quit</li>
 </ol>  </ol>
   
 <h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2>  <h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2>
 <p>  <p>
   Enable access to the EPEL repository
   </p>
   <pre>
   yum install epel-release
   </pre>
   <p>
 Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum.  Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum.
 </p>  </p>
 <pre>  <pre>
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 Retrieve the scientific_loncapa_yum.conf file from the LON-CAPA install site:  Retrieve the scientific_loncapa_yum.conf file from the LON-CAPA install site:
 </p>  </p>
 <pre>  <pre>
   yum install wget
 wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/7/scientific7_loncapa_yum.conf  wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/7/scientific7_loncapa_yum.conf
 </pre>  </pre>
 <p>  <p>
Line 132  mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup Line 162  mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup
 cp scientific7_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf  cp scientific7_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 yum update  yum update
 </pre>  </pre>
   <p>
   Verify the required repositories are enabled:
   </p>
   <pre>
   yum repolist enabled
   </pre>
   <p>
   The list of enabled repos should be as follows:
   </p>
   <table style="border: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;">
   <tr><th>repo id</th><th>repo name</th></tr>
   <tr><td>epel/x86_64</td><td>Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64</td></tr>
   <tr><td>loncapa-updates-basearch/7/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux 7 LON-CAPA x86_64 Updates</td></tr>
   <tr><td>loncapa-updates-noarch/7</td><td>Scientific Linux 7 LON-CAPA noarch Updates</td></tr>
   <tr><td>repos/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux repos - x86_64</td></tr>
   <tr><td>sl/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux 7x - x86_64</td></tr>
   <tr><td>sl-extras/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux Extras- x86_64</td></tr>
   <tr><td>sl-fastbugs/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux 7x - x86_64 - bugfix updates</td></tr>
   <tr><td>sl-security/x86_64</td><td>Scientific Linux 7x - x86_64 - security updates</td></tr>
   </table>
   
   <h3>Configure SELinux</h3>
   <p>
   The default Scientific Linux 7 installation includes SELinux enabled. Until such time as an SELinux security policy has been created for LON-CAPA, SELinux should be disabled.
   Retrieve the loncapa_selinux_config file from the LON-CAPA install site:
   </p>
   <pre>
   wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/scientific/7/loncapa_selinux_config
   </pre>
   <p>
   Install the selinux config file
   </p>
   <pre>
   mv /etc/selinux/config /etc/selinux/config.backup
   mv loncapa_selinux_config /etc/selinux/config
   reboot
   </pre>
   
 <h2>5. <a name="ilc">Installing LON-CAPA</a></h2>  <h2>5. <a name="ilc">Installing LON-CAPA</a></h2>
 <h3>Import the LON-CAPA encryption key</h3>  <h3>Import the LON-CAPA encryption key</h3>
Line 233  for it to function at all.  Below is a l Line 300  for it to function at all.  Below is a l
 To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:  To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
 </p>  </p>
 <pre>  <pre>
 cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z     (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.11.1')  cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z  (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.11.1')
 ./UPDATE  ./UPDATE
 </pre>  </pre>
 <p>  <p>
Line 262  will be apparent at this step. Line 329  will be apparent at this step.
 </p>  </p>
 <pre>  <pre>
 /etc/init.d/loncontrol start  /etc/init.d/loncontrol start
 /etc/init.d/httpd start  systemctl start httpd
 </pre>  </pre>
 <p>  <p>
 If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules,  If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules,
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