In this rich guide we will walk you through a step-by-step process to installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.9 on VMware Workstation Pro.#
Prerequisites:#
VMware Workstation#
- You can download VMware Workstation from the here:
Red Hat 7.9 ISO#
- You can download the ISO from Red Hat Offical Website here.
Host System Requirements#
- Minimum 8 GB of RAM.
- A Dual Core Processor.
- 128 GB+ of Hard Drive Storage
Step 1#
Create a Virtual Machine#
Open VMware Workstation and Click on File and select New Virtual Machine, Select Custom (advanced) option and click Next.
Keep the Default Hardware Compatibility Workstation 16.x and click Next
Select I will install the operating system later. as we will be mounting the ISO seperately once the Virtual Machine has been created.
Select Linux as the Guest Operating System and Version Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 64-bit.
Give your Virtual Machine a Name and a Location.
Select the Number of Available Cores per processor depending on your Host systems availability. In this case we have selected 02 Cores.
Specify the Amount of RAM as per your requirement. In this Case we had 16 GB of Avilable Memory on host, Hence we have selected 8 GB.
Select Use bridged networking as we will be using the external LAN for our Networking.
Keep the default selection LSI Logic.
Keep the default selection for virtual disk type SCSI.
Selelct Create a new virtal disk.
Allocate a disk size of 64 GB and select Store virtual disk as a single file and complete the wizard.
Once the Virtual machine has been created, Edit the virtual machine settings
Under the Hardware tab, select the Virtual Disk Drive and locate the RHEL ISO for the Installation.
Under the Options tab, select the Advance and under Firware Type select UEFI and click ok.
Now Power on the Virtual Machine
Step 2#
Install RHEL 7.9#
Select English as the Language and click on Continue.
Select Software Selection and under Base Environment select Minimal Install.
Select Installation Destinaion and under System select I will configure the partitioning, Click Done. Select Standard partitioning and create the partitions as follows:
Click Done and Accept Changes.System Size /boot/efi 512 MiB /swap 8192 MiB (8GB) / Remaning space available 
Select KDUMP, uncheck the enable KDUMP option and click Done.
Select Security Policy, uncheck the Apply security policy option and click Done.
Select Network & Hostname. Add a Hostname and Click Apply. Click on Configure, select the IPv4 Settings, Change the Method to Manual and assign a Static IP address which is available in your LAN Subnet. Add DNS 8.8.8.8,1.1.1.1 in the DNS Servers Field.
Click Begin Installation.
Set a Root Password and Create a User .
Once the Installation has been Completed, Click Reebot.
