{"id":2088,"date":"2024-03-18T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T12:20:16","slug":"how-to-install-almalinux-8-on-hetzner-root-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/server\/alma-linux\/how-to-install-almalinux-8-on-hetzner-root-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install AlmaLinux 8 on Hetzner Root Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AlmaLinux OS is a free to use and a community-driven Linux operating system created to fill the gap left by the discontinuation of the CentOS Linux stable release. AlmaLinux 8 can be your superlative CentOS 8 replacement for running Production applications. The OS development is funded and supported by CloudLinux, Inc. AlmaLinux 8, being a 1:1 binary compatible fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, means any application created for RHEL 8 should run without any issues on AlmaLinux 8 base.<\/p>\n<p>In this post we shall look at the installation process of AlmaLinux 8 on Hetzner Root Server.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hetzner.cloud\/?ref=tRUH3mZmCy1D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hetzner<\/a>\u00a0is a rock solid Cloud hosting platform with excellent performance. They have a wide variety of Dedicated server offerings for guys looking to host applications on dedicated hardware or to Virtualize. You can get a server that suit your needs in seconds from its Server auctions at very competitive pricing.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-165\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezoic-video-excluded=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be performing the installation of AlmaLinux 8 on a Hetzner Root Server with below hardware specs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU:\u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1275 v5 @ 3.60GHz (Cores 8)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Memory:\u00a0<strong>64GB RAM<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Disk:\u00a0<strong>2 x 512GB NVMe SSDs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Network Interface:\u00a0<strong>1Gbit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>IPV4 Address:\u00a0<strong>1 x IPV4 Public Address<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By default, you\u2019re given a single IPv4 public IP address when you order a dedicated server. A request has to be made from the portal after server is provisioned for any additional IP addresses. You\u2019re encouraged to use IPv6 which is free of charge.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-step-1-boot-to-rescue-mode\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Activate rescue system<\/h2>\n<p>Login to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/robot.your-server.de\/server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Hetzner console (opens in a new tab)\">Hetzner console<\/a>\u00a0for Root servers and navigate to Servers section under Main functions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main functions &gt; Servers &gt; Server Label &gt; Rescue<\/strong>. Then Choose the operating system and CPU architecture for the rescue environment.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2089 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-300x182.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1024x621.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue.webp 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have SSH public key use it or authenticate with root password. Once done, hit the \u201c<em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Activate rescue system<\/span><\/em>\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2090 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-300x57.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-300x57.webp 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1024x196.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-768x147.webp 768w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate.webp 1164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To reset the server, go to \u201c<strong>Reset<\/strong>\u201d menu &gt; \u201c<strong><em>Execute an automatic hardware reset<\/em><\/strong>\u201d &gt; \u201c<strong><em>Send<\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-step-2-create-root-server-configuration\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Create Root Server Configuration<\/h2>\n<p>SSH to the server in rescue mode using\u00a0<strong>root<\/strong>\u00a0user and password shown during Rescue activation. If you did enter ssh key, no password is required to access OS shell.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-168\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezoic-video-excluded=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ <span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">ssh root@<\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">serverip<\/span>\r\nEnter passphrase for key '\/Users\/hoganhost\/.ssh\/id_rsa':\r\nLinux rescue 5.13.13 #1 SMP Tue Jan 4 06:37:25 UTC 2022 x86_64\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n  Welcome to the Hetzner Rescue System.\r\n\r\n  This Rescue System is based on Debian GNU\/Linux 11 (bullseye) with\r\n  a custom kernel. You can install software as in a normal system.\r\n\r\n  To install a new operating system from one of our prebuilt\r\n  images, run 'installimage' and follow the instructions.\r\n\r\n  More information at https:\/\/docs.hetzner.com\/\r\n\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nRescue System up since 2022-01-04 19:23 +01:00\r\n\r\nHardware data:\r\n\r\n   CPU1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1275 v5 @ 3.60GHz (Cores 8)\r\n   Memory:  64104 MB\r\n   Disk \/dev\/nvme0n1: 512 GB (=&gt; 476 GiB) doesn't contain a valid partition table\r\n   Disk \/dev\/nvme1n1: 512 GB (=&gt; 476 GiB) doesn't contain a valid partition table\r\n   Total capacity 953 GiB with 2 Disks\r\n\r\nNetwork data:\r\n   eth0  LINK: yes\r\n         MAC:  90:1b:0e:be:4c:47\r\n         IP:   89.79.215.215\r\n         IPv6: 2a01:4f8:10a:40d9::2\/64\r\n         Intel(R) PRO\/1000 Network Driver\r\nroot@rescue ~ #<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The server we\u2019re using have two disks;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">\/dev\/nvme0n1<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">\/dev\/nvme1n1<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ll configure the two disks in a non-redundant\u00a0<strong><em>RAID 0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(striping) configuration. The OS image to be used is:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">root<\/mark>@<mark class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">rescue<\/mark> ~ # <mark class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">ls \/root\/images\/Alma*<\/mark>\r\n\/root\/images\/Alma-85-amd64-base.tar.gz  \/root\/images\/Alma-85-amd64-base.tar.gz.sig<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Here are the Hetzner server configuration contents to be used by\u00a0<em>installimage<\/em>:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">root<\/span>@<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">rescue<\/span> ~ # <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\"><em>vim  almalinux-install-config.txt<\/em><\/span>\r\nDRIVE1 <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">\/dev\/nvme0n1<\/span>\r\nDRIVE2 <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">\/dev\/nvme1n1<\/span>\r\nSWRAID 1        # Enable software Raid\r\nSWRAIDLEVEL 0  # Use software raid level 0\r\nBOOTLOADER grub\r\nHOSTNAME <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">myserver.computingforgeeks.com<\/span><\/em> #Server hostname\r\nPART \/boot ext3 512M\r\nPART lvm vg0 <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">all<\/span> #Create LVM Volume group which uses all space\r\n\r\n<em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">### Customize disk allocations accordingly ###\r\n<\/span><\/em>LV vg0 root \/ xfs 50G       # \/root space allocation\r\nLV vg0 swap swap swap 8G    # swap space allocation\r\nLV vg0 var \/var  xfs  100G  # \/var space allocation\r\nLV vg0 tmp \/tmp  xfs  30G   # \/tmp space allocation\r\n\r\nIMAGE \/root\/images\/Alma-85-amd64-base.tar.gz <\/code><\/pre>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Install AlmaLinux 8 on Hetzner Root Server<\/h2>\n<p>With the correct server installation configs, you can initiate AlmaLinux 8 deployment on Hetzner root server. Run the commands below:<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-169\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\" data-ezoic-video-excluded=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">root<\/span>@<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">rescue<\/span> ~ # installimage -a -c <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\"><em>almalinux-install-config.txt<\/em><\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Here\u2019s the output of a successful installation of AlmaLinux 8 on hetzner root server.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Hetzner Online GmbH - installimage\r\n\r\n  Your server will be installed now, this will take some minutes\r\n             You can abort at any time with CTRL+C ...\r\n\r\n         :  Reading configuration                           <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :  Loading image file variables                    <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :  Loading almalinux specific functions            <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   1\/18  :  Deleting partitions                             <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   2\/18  :  Test partition size                             <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   3\/18  :  Creating partitions and \/etc\/fstab              <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   4\/18  :  Creating software RAID level 0                  <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   5\/18  :  Encrypt partitions and create \/etc\/crypttab     <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   6\/18  :  Creating LVM volumes                            <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   7\/18  :  Formatting partitions\r\n         :    formatting \/dev\/md\/0 with ext3                <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    formatting \/dev\/vg0\/root with xfs             <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    formatting \/dev\/vg0\/swap with swap            <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    formatting \/dev\/vg0\/tmp with xfs              <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   8\/18  :  Mounting partitions                             <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n   9\/18  :  Sync time via ntp                               <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :  Importing public key for image validation       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  10\/18  :  Validating image before starting extraction     <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  11\/18  :  Extracting image (local)                        <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  12\/18  :  Setting up network config                       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  13\/18  :  Executing additional commands\r\n         :    Setting hostname                              <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Generating new SSH keys                       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Generating mdadm config                       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Generating ramdisk                            <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Generating ntp config                         <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  14\/18  :  Setting up miscellaneous files                  <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  15\/18  :  Configuring authentication\r\n         :    Fetching SSH keys                             <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Disabling root password                       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Disabling SSH root login without password     <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n         :    Copying SSH keys                              <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  16\/18  :  Installing bootloader grub                      <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  17\/18  :  Running some almalinux specific functions       <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n  18\/18  :  Clearing log files                              <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">done<\/span>\r\n\r\n                  INSTALLATION COMPLETE\r\n   You can now reboot and log in to your new system with the\r\n same credentials that you used to log into the rescue system.<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Reboot the server to use AlmaLinux 8 operating system we just installed:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">root<\/span>@<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">rescue<\/span> ~ # shutdown -r now<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: UseAlmaLinux 8 on Hetzner Root Server<\/h2>\n<p>Login as root user and check OS information:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>[root@myserver ~]# <span class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-pink-color\">cat \/etc\/os-release<\/span>\r\nNAME=\"<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">AlmaLinux<\/span>\"\r\nVERSION=\"<span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">8.5 (Arctic Sphynx)<\/span>\"\r\nID=\"almalinux\"\r\nID_LIKE=\"rhel centos fedora\"\r\nVERSION_ID=\"8.5\"\r\nPLATFORM_ID=\"platform:el8\"\r\nPRETTY_NAME=\"AlmaLinux 8.5 (Arctic Sphynx)\"\r\nANSI_COLOR=\"0;34\"\r\nCPE_NAME=\"cpe:\/o:almalinux:almalinux:8::baseos\"\r\nHOME_URL=\"https:\/\/almalinux.org\/\"\r\nDOCUMENTATION_URL=\"https:\/\/wiki.almalinux.org\/\"\r\nBUG_REPORT_URL=\"https:\/\/bugs.almalinux.org\/\"\r\n\r\nALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT=\"AlmaLinux-8\"\r\nALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION=\"8.5\"<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Perform OS update and installation of basic management packages:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf -y update\r\nsudo dnf -y install epel-release vim wget curl bash-completion<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>We can install neofetch from EPEL repo<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo dnf -y install neofetch<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Output from neofetch command run:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2091 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-300x129.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-300x129.webp 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-1024x442.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have successfully installed AlmaLinux 8 on hetzner root \/ dedicated server. We were able to perform an update and install common management utilities after the installation. In our future articles, we shall cover varying topics around Virtualization and building private cloud server on Hetzner root server(s) powered by AlmaLinux OS. 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