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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:
# The hostname for this server will be called: '''source'''# 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 SELinux is set to '''enforcing'''.
# 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. <br>(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.# If you have created a regular user when you installed the this machine, delete that regular user (you are only to use only the access this server via root account).# Set up an SSH server on this "cloning source". Make sure that '''PermitRootLogin''' is set to '''yes''' for this server. Also make sure that only the root account is only permitted to log in login using key authentication. If user other users are required to be created in a laterassignment, 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.
