{"id":2188,"date":"2024-04-11T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2024-08-12T13:12:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T12:12:50","slug":"how-to-install-almalinux-8-on-hetzner-root-server-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/server\/alma-linux\/how-to-install-almalinux-8-on-hetzner-root-server-2\/","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.<span id=\"div-gpt-ad-computingforgeeks_com-medrectangle-3-0\" class=\"ezoic-ad ezads-sticky-intradiv\" data-google-query-id=\"CPKlpKuUuoUDFZyYUAYdSA8EHQ\"><\/span><\/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-2189 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1-300x182.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1-1024x621.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-1.webp 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/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-2190 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1-300x57.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1-300x57.webp 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1-1024x196.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1-768x147.webp 768w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-enter-rescue-activate-1.webp 1164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/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.<\/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<p>.<\/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-2191 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/hoganhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hetzner-almalinux-installation-1536x663-1.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have successfully installed AlmaLinux 8 on hetzner root \/ dedicated server.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our cheap and reliable web hosting 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