== Detailed Requirements ==
=== Virtual Network ===
Create a new virtual network on your Host Machine.
* Assign a newly-created virtual network the name: '''asg1net''', and set '''forwarding to any physical device'''<br>(refer to [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS335_Installation_Lab#INVESTIGATION_2:_VIRTUAL_MACHINE_INSTALLATION lab setup]. You can have have 2 different network names: "asg1net" and "ops335" without causing any problems).
* Addresses in this network will start with '''10.161''' followed by the '''last two digits of your student number''' (just as your main virtual network). The subnet mask must be '''255.255.255.0'''
* There must '''<u>NOT</u>''' be a DHCP server running for this network!
* All the machines for this assignment will be connected to your newly-created virtual network called: '''asg1net'''
=== Create a "Cloning Source" VM (asg1net Virtual Network) ===
Create a virtual machine that you will use as a template (i.e. a '''cloning source'''). It should have a command-line interface only. Configure it to be a good cloning source, making certain it has all the following elements prior to cloning:
# Don't make the virtual drive too big: you will need space for it as well as space for the clones you from your cloning source<br>(2GB should be enough for any cloning source and clone VM that you create for this assignment).
# Make certain that you can login to your cloning source. The minimum commands required are: '''host''', '''dig''', '''netstat''', '''links'''.
# Do not install software on your cloning source: you are expected to install other software on your "cloned" VMs instead. For example, if you are required to install bind in a clone, install it in the clone as opposed to the "cloning source".
# Configure your network with a static configuration. Refer to the table below for IP address and hostname.
# Make certain that you have '''iptables''' services enabled and running instead of ''Firewalld''. The default rules should suffice.
# If you have created a regular user when you installed the machine, delete that regular user (you are to use only the root account).
# Set up an SSH server on this "cloning source". Make sure that the root account is only permitted to log in using key authentication. If user users are required to be created later, they should be permitted to log in with a their username and password.
# Generate a new key pair on your Host Machine (don't delete the existing one), called: '''id_rsa_asg1'''
# Make sure you can log in from your regular user on your Host Machine to root on the "cloning source" virtual machine using specifically that key.
# Do not place that newly-generated private key on the "cloning source" VM.