Installation of Fedora 22

Server

After writing it to USB Flash Drive or to a DVD ROM, put

the media in and boot from the respective media, by
prioritizing it from BIOS.
As soon as Fedora 22 Server Boots from the
Disk/Drive, you will get boot Menu, similar to below. It
is Important to note that the default boot option is
Test this media & Install Fedora 22 which is
recommended to check if installation media is error
free or not, however you can bypass it by clicking your
UP Navigation Key and then choose to boot into
Install Fedora 22.

On the next window, you have the option to select

Language, which suits you and click Continue.

The next screen Installation Summary lets you

configure a lots of option. This is the screen where you
can configure your Keyboard layout, Language
Support, Time & Date, Installation Source,
Software Selection, Installation Destination
and Network & Host Name. Lets configure each
option one by one.

First Select Keyboard. Scroll through and add as

many keyboard Layouts you want to add. You have to
click on + every-time you want to add a new Layout
followed by clicking on Add. When all the required
Keyboard Layouts are Added, Click Done on the Top
Left Corner of the Screen.

From the resulting screen (Installation Summary

window), Click Language Support. Select all the
Language Support you want by putting a check mark
on the required boxes and click done! When done.

Again, you will get Installation Summary Window.

Click on Time & Date. Set time, Date and
Geographical Location by clicking on the world map.
When everything seems okay, click Done.

Select Location and Time

You will find yourself back to Installation Summary
Screen. Click on Installation Source. Here you can
add network mirrors and additional repository.
If you are not sure about what to do on this window,
leave everything as it is. Note that Auto-detected
installation media is enough to install Minimal
Fedora Server. Click Done in either case.

Select Installation Source

Again you will find yourself on Installation
Summary window. click Software Selection from
there.
Though there are 4 different option there Minimal
Install, Fedora Server, Web Server and
Infrastructure Server.
In production it is always the best idea to install
Minimal Server so that unwanted packages are not
installed and keep the system clean, configured, fast
and secure. Any piece of software can be installed from
Minimal Install as and when required.
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Here in this example I have selected Minimal Install,

as well. Select base environment and click Done!

Its time to configure Installation Destination.

Select the same from Installation Summary screen.
Note the default option is Automatically Configure
Partitioning change it to I will Configure
Partitioning, to partition manually. By Selecting
Manual Partitioning, you can make most out of your
Space. Also you may select to Encrypt your data
from this window. Finally click done.

Select Installation Destination

The resulting Interface lets you create partitions
manually.

Manual Partitioning
Use LVM partitioning Scheme, if you want to install and
extend it to LVM. On most of the server, LVM is almost
there. Click on + on the bottom left and create /boot
partitioning. Enter Desired Capacity and Click Add
mount Point.

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Create Boot Partition

Note that File System type for /boot must be ext4 and
device type is Standard Partition.

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Boot FileSystem Type

Again Click on + and Create SWAP space. Add Desired
Capacity and click Add mount Point.

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Create Swap Partition

Note that File System type is SWAP and Device Type
is LVM.

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Swap Filesystem Type

Finally we will be creating root partition (/), add all the
Remaining Disk Space and Click Add mount Point.

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Create Root Partition

Note that File System Type for root is XFS and Device
Type is LVM. Click Done after cross checking every
options.

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Root Filesystem Type

The resulting window will ask, if you want to Destroy
the format? Click Accept Changes.

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Format Partitions
You will find yourself again on Installation
Summary Interface. Click on Network and Host
Name. You got an interface to modify your IP, DNS,
Route, Subnet Mask and Host Name.

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Configure Network
You will notice you got a dynamic IP. In production and
in most general it is suggested to have a static IP. Click
on Configure and change method to Manual from
Automatic under Hood. IPv4 Settings. Finally Click
save.

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Network Details
You will be back to Network & Host Name Interface.
Here you may set Host Name and for the changes to
be taken into effect immediately, switch off and again
on Ethernet, from this interface. Finally click Done!
When everything looks okay.

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Set Hostname
One last time you will find yourself back to
Installation Summary Interface. You may notice
that there is no conflicts and warning here. Everything
looks alright. Click Begin Installation.

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Begin Fedora Installation

On the next Interface the system will install necessary
packages, basic configuration and Boot Loaders. You
have to take care of two things here. First is to set
Root password and second is to Create User.

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Set Root Password

First click on Root Password. Enter same password
twice. Follow the general rule of making password hard
by using both upper-case and lower-case letter,
numbers and special characters. Also avoid any
dictionary words and ensure password is of sufficient
long. Remember Password should be Hard to Guess,
Easy to Remember.

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Enter Root Password

Next click on User Creation from the configuration
Interface and fill up necessary information like full
name, user name and password. You may like to see
Advanced options. Click Done, when you are done.

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Create User Account

It will take some time for the installation to finish
depending upon what you selected to Install, your ISO
type (full iso or Netinstall) and your memory size along
with several other factors.
Once the installation and configuration along with boot
loaders is over, you will notice a message at the right
bottom of the screen Fedora is now Successfully
Installed, reboot the machine to finish installation.

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Fedora Install Completes

The system will reboot and you may notice Fedora

22 Boot Menu.

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Fedora 22 Boot Menu

The login interface will be available in no time, enter
username and password of new user account.

Login Screen
Once logged-in, check the version of Fedora 22 using
following command.
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$ cat /etc/os-release

Conclusion
Installation of Fedora 22 Sever is very simple and
straight Forward. A lots of new features, packages and
journaling system included. DNF is powerful than YUM.
Database Server role, Default XFS System and
Compatible Cockpit, availability in repo makes it easy
for new Admins to handle and configure system
efficiently. Running on top of kernel 4.0.4, you may
expect support for maximum number of hardwares and
updation is easy.
For those who are already using or intend to use
Fedora 22 server backed by Red Hat, wont regret
Using fedora on one/many of their server.

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