Minimal network installation of Fedora 35 Server

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SCREENSHOT 21) Select what software you would like the setup to install at first.

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Software Selection

SCREENSHOT 22) By default, it is selected “Fedora Server Edition” and no additional selection in the left.

Leaving it as is, the Fedora 35 Server setup will install only minimal packages for the server edition. On the left the setup shows a list of multiple enironments, which Fedora 35 Server offers with a breaf description for each one. On the first page, there are environments for Container Managment, Domain Membership (Active Diretory Domain), Virtualization, 3D Printing, Administration tools, Audio Production, Authoring and Publishing, C Development tools and libraries, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud managment tools, Compiz, D Development tools and libraries.

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Software Selection – Server Edition minimal

SCREENSHOT 23) Page 2 of software environments offered by the Fedora 35 Server Edition.

On the second page, there are environments for Design Suite, Development tools, Editos, Educational software, Electronic Lab, Engineering and Scientific, FreeIPA Server, Games and entertainment, Headless managment, LibreOffice, MATE Applications, Milkymist and Network servers.

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Software Selection – software environments 2

SCREENSHOT 24) Page 3 of software environments offered by the Fedora 35 Server Edition.

On the third page, there are environments for Neuron modelling simulators, Office/Productivity, Pantheon Desktop, Python classroom, Python science, RPM Development, Security Labs, Sound and video, System tools, Text-based Internet and Window Managers (simple one, which are not part of a desktop environment).

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Software Selection – software environments 3

SCREENSHOT 25) Now the installation setup is configured and by clicking on “Begin Installation” the actual installation on your selected hard drive begins.

The actual installation begins and first the disk must be prepared, so after clicking the very button the disk layout will be changed according the last 3 steps.

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Begin Installation

SCREENSHOT 26) The setup chaning the partition layout of the disk.

New partitions are created according to the user selection in the previous step – “Installation destination”.

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Installation progress – creating partition

SCREENSHOT 27) The setup is downloading packages.

For the minimal Fedora 35 Server installation 650 RPM packages are downloaded of total 577 MiB.

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Installation progress – downloading packages

SCREENSHOT 28) The setup is installing packages.

A progress of the package installation is available.

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Installation progress – installing packages

SCREENSHOT 29) The installation of Fedora 35 Server is successful and you may reboot the system by clicking on “Reboot System” button.

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Setup reboot

SCREENSHOT 30) Select the system, which to boot. The default is the freshy installed Fedora 35 Server.

Wait for some seconds to boot or just hit “Enter”.

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Fedora 35 Server grub

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