{"id":333,"date":"2025-04-30T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/?p=333"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:19:50","slug":"to-set-up-a-new-server-on-a-plain-almalinux-os-minimal-installation-youll-need-to-follow-a-structured-process-to-prepare-it-for-use-whether-for-hosting-application-deployment-or-inter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/installation\/to-set-up-a-new-server-on-a-plain-almalinux-os-minimal-installation-youll-need-to-follow-a-structured-process-to-prepare-it-for-use-whether-for-hosting-application-deployment-or-inter\/","title":{"rendered":"To set up a new server on a plain AlmaLinux OS (minimal installation), you’ll need to follow a structured process to prepare it for use \u2014 whether for hosting, application deployment, or internal services. Here’s a step-by-step guide:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u2705 Basic AlmaLinux Server Setup Checklist (Post-Installation)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Update the Server<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

dnf update -y<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Set the Hostname<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

hostnamectl set-hostname your.hostname.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Create a New Sudo User<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

adduser newadmin
passwd newadmin
usermod -aG wheel newadmin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Configure the Firewall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enable and start firewalld<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

systemctl enable <\/mark>firewalld –now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow basic ports (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

firewall-cmd –permanent –add-service=ssh
firewall-cmd –permanent –add-service=http
firewall-cmd –permanent –add-service=https
firewall-cmd –reload<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Partition the Disk (if not yet done)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Use lsblk<\/code> to identify available disks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example using fdisk<\/code> for \/dev\/sdb<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

fdisk \/dev\/sdb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow prompts to create new partition (n), write (w)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

mkfs.ext4 \/dev\/sdb1
mkdir <\/mark>\/mnt\/data
mount \/dev\/sdb1 \/mnt\/data
echo <\/mark>“\/dev\/sdb1 \/mnt\/data ext4 defaults 0 0” <\/mark>>> \/etc\/fstab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Set Up SSH Security<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Edit SSH config:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nano \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change: PermitRootLogin no<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Optional: Port 2222 (custom port)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

systemctl restart sshd<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Install Common Utilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dnf install -y wget curl git net-tools vim unzip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Set Timezone & Enable NTP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

timedatectl set-timezone Asia\/Dubai
dnf install -y chrony
systemctl enable <\/mark>chronyd –now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Install and Configure a Web Stack (Optional)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For example, LAMP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dnf install -y httpd mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd
systemctl enable <\/mark>httpd mariadb –now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2705 Basic AlmaLinux Server Setup Checklist (Post-Installation) 1. Update the Server dnf update -y 2. Set the Hostname hostnamectl set-hostname your.hostname.com 3. Create a New Sudo User adduser newadminpasswd newadminusermod -aG wheel newadmin 4. Configure the Firewall Enable and start firewalld systemctl enable firewalld –now Allow basic ports (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS) firewall-cmd –permanent –add-service=sshfirewall-cmd –permanent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[334,332,336,335,333],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-installation","tag-application-deployment","tag-new-server-on-a-plain-almalinux-os-minimal-installation","tag-or-internal-services","tag-whether-for-hosting","tag-youll-need-to-follow-a-structured-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.24x7serverguard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}