how to download a red hat enterprise 7
 

can you explain to me how to download and install red hat enter 7 ?

Contact the good people at:

www.redhat.com

thank you friend, they tell me to use fedora..tis similar to red hat

FEDORA is better: gratis,bleedin edge,

:hattip:

Fedora 21 (22 soon) is not RHEL (7) as they aim at completely different markets.
You can use this as a rule of thumb: if you need RHEL you know it else use CentOS.

Hi,

Please see steps below to do that:

You can download the Latest release of RHEL 7 here: [Please read first the Architecture requirements. and if you PC meets them.]
You can get a free evaluation subscription from the Software & Download Center at

https://access.redhat.com/site/downloads/

There are two basic types of installation media available on the AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) and IBM Power Systems (ppc64) architectures: Binary DVD
A full installation image which can be used to boot the installation program and perform an entire installation without additional package repositories.
boot.iso
A minimal boot image which can be used to boot the installation program, but requires access to additional package repositories from which software will be installed.
You will need AMD64 and Intel 64 variant if your PC isnt based on IBM Architecture: rhel-variant-7.0-x86_64-dvd.iso
Follow these steps to obtain the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ISO image files:
1. First time user: need to register on the Red Hat site. Its free.
a) Go to this site: https://idp.redhat.com/idp/
b) Click Register under New to Red Hat?
c) Create Account type as Personal.
d) Enter all the required details like email address, password name etc. and click Submit.

[Note: you will require corporate email address here. Gmail address wont work. If you do not have one use
Your Facebook email address.]
e) Login with your new credentials.
f) Under Create new user: Click cancel.
g) Go to Downloads Page Again: https://access.redhat.com/downloads
h) Click on Start evaluation in front Red Hat Enterprise Linux Line.

i) On next page click on Continue Button under Server for x86_64 architecture - 30 day evaluation.
j) On next page click on Agree and Get Started button.
k) On the Next page click on Download and follow all the steps mentioned there.
l) Select The DVD option. e.g.: RHEL 7.1 Beta Binary DVD
m) Your download will begin. Save it to an appropriate location. Size ~3.58 GB. Also make a note of the SHA-256 Checksum.in case of any error during the download we can figure it out.
n) you can use this page for reference: https://access.redhat.com/products/r...ux/get-started
o) Use Blank DVD and ISO maker software to burn the ISO image to your DVD. You can make a bootable USB using Fedora LiveUSB Creator.

Note that this is an EVAL version, and RHEL is not free to use. CentOS is your target.

It's a full version, you just don't get support and updates end after 60? days. Also RHEL is free to use, if you don't have an existing support contract with RH you can use RHEL in any means you'd like (excluding re-selling (or embedded) the distro)

speirs1
but after that eval date
you can never install updates
no security updates
and the base OS will be out of sync with all the third party repos
so using those will cause major problems

and trying to by-pass or "get around" that is MORE work than installing CentOS in the first place

Plenty of people navigate to this forum and then ask them same question. Is there any value in a sticky explaining why ya use RHEL & why it may be more practical to use Centos (or Fedora)?

EDIT. My thoughts:

• RHEL is an enterprise level distro aimed at servers. To get support you need to buy a support contract from RH. This provides security plus ticks a box for the manager/auditors
• CENTOS is the same as RHEL without the branding. It is not supported by RH and is free to download and updates are free. Support is obtained in forums such as this - by volunteers not paid staff. The latter point is worth considering if you want to take the cheap option into your enterprise
• Fedora is the bleeding edge of RH's development. Again it is not supported by RH and support is obtained in forums such as this. It is NOT designed for the enterprise however it is a useful distro for gauging the direction RH is travelling

Cheers

This is true John, I would agree CentOS is the better "free" option. If you plan to put a functioning server down CentOS.