===Disable SELinux and Perform Software Updates===
{|width="40%" align="right" cellpadding="10"|- valign="top"|{{Admon/important|SELinux|SELinux stands for '''Security-Enhanced Linux'''. It is a component that helps to better secure the system to protect against intrusion (hackers). SELinux is enabled upon the default install of CentOS. SELinux can be a good thing, if you take care of it and know how it works. For this course it is strongly recommended that you '''disable SELinux by default''' because we won't have the time to reconfigure it every time the labs make it necessary.}}|}'''Perform the following Steps:'''
# Disabling SELinux is quite simple, just edit the file '''/etc/selinux/config''' and set SELINUX to '''disable<u>d</u>'''.
# Add additional text regarding disabling SELinux.
