Chapter 2. Configuring CentOS
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Changing the time zone and updating the hardware clock
- Synchronizing the system clock with NTP
- Setting a static IP address
- Binding multiple IP addresses to a single Ethernet device
- Bonding two Ethernet devices to increase bandwidth and improve performance
- Changing the hostname and resolving a fully qualified domain name
- Switching SELinux off
- Disabling the IPv6 module
Introduction
This chapter is a collection of recipes that covers the practice of priming your server by changing the time zone and updating the hardware clock; synchronizing the system clock with NTP; setting a static IP address; binding multiple IP addresses to a single Ethernet device; bonding two Ethernet devices to increase bandwidth ...
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