This article is for those of you who do not want to install a whole new operating system only to discover some technical details about the default installation like disk layout, packages included, software versions, and so on. Here we are going to review in several sections what is like to have a default installation of Fedora Server 35 using a real not virtual machine!
The kernel is 5.14.10 it detects successfully the Threadripper 1950X AMD and the system is stable (we booted in UEFI mode).
The installation procedure uses default options for all installation setups – Minimal network installation of Fedora 35 Server.
Installed packages are 604 occupying 1.7G space:. Note, this is Fedora Server Install, not minimal install. The server install includes the web console – cockpit version 254.
[root@srv ~]# dnf list installed|wc -l 604 [root@srv ~]# df -h / Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/fedora_fedora-root 15G 1.4G 14G 10% /
Security
- Access control security policies – Selinux in Enforcing mode.
[root@srv ~]# getenforce Enforcing
- Network firewall – Firewalld
[root@srv ~]# firewall-cmd --list-all FedoraServer (active) target: default icmp-block-inversion: no interfaces: enp5s0 sources: services: cockpit dhcpv6-client ssh ports: protocols: forward: no masquerade: no forward-ports: source-ports: icmp-blocks: rich rules:
Storage
Default installation on a single disk, which has only free space on your disk or you reclaimed all the occupied space during installation. Install Fedora Server 35 needs at least 1.6G of free space for the default installation, so if you select a destination disk, which has less than 20G of space you should delete existing partitions to free up space or let Fedora Server 35 installer to do default installation asking you to reclaim the disk space. We used the whole disk for the installation.
By default Fedora Server 35 uses.
- xfs – file system
- lvm – root, home and swap partitions
- boot, root and home on separate partitions
- vfat – efi partition.
Fedora Server 35 installation:
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Disk layout
[root@srv ~]# parted -l /dev/sda Model: ATA KINGSTON SNV425S (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 128GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 630MB 629MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp 2 630MB 1704MB 1074MB xfs 3 1704MB 128GB 126GB lvm
- Mounted Partitions
[root@srv ~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 6.3G 1.9M 6.3G 1% /run /dev/mapper/fedora_fedora-root 15G 1.4G 14G 10% / tmpfs 16G 4.0K 16G 1% /tmp /dev/sda2 1014M 189M 826M 19% /boot /dev/sda1 599M 6.1M 593M 2% /boot/efi tmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% /run/user/0
Partitions in configuration:
[root@srv ~]# cat /etc/fstab # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Sun Apr 17 15:12:19 2022 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk/'. # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info. # # After editing this file, run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to update systemd # units generated from this file. # /dev/mapper/fedora_fedora-root / xfs defaults 0 0 UUID=860222d6-ced6-4cda-a19f-613a4119549f /boot xfs defaults 0 0 UUID=E4FA-5A57 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077,shortname=winnt 0 2
- File system layout
[root@srv ~]# ls -al / total 20 dr-xr-xr-x. 17 root root 224 Apr 17 15:14 . dr-xr-xr-x. 17 root root 224 Apr 17 15:14 .. lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Jul 21 2021 bin -> usr/bin dr-xr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Apr 17 15:16 boot drwxr-xr-x. 21 root root 4380 Apr 17 15:47 dev drwxr-xr-x. 100 root root 8192 Apr 17 15:43 etc drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jul 21 2021 home lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Jul 21 2021 lib -> usr/lib lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Jul 21 2021 lib64 -> usr/lib64 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jul 21 2021 media drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jul 21 2021 mnt drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jul 21 2021 opt dr-xr-xr-x. 441 root root 0 Apr 17 15:42 proc dr-xr-x---. 2 root root 114 Apr 17 15:18 root drwxr-xr-x. 35 root root 980 Apr 17 15:43 run lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 8 Jul 21 2021 sbin -> usr/sbin drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Jul 21 2021 srv dr-xr-xr-x. 13 root root 0 Apr 17 15:42 sys drwxrwxrwt. 14 root root 280 Apr 17 15:44 tmp drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root 144 Apr 17 15:14 usr drwxr-xr-x. 20 root root 4096 Apr 17 15:42 var
- LVM configuration
[root@srv ~]# lvmdiskscan -l WARNING: only considering LVM devices /dev/sda3 [ <117.66 GiB] LVM physical volume 0 LVM physical volume whole disks 1 LVM physical volume [root@srv ~]# pvscan PV /dev/sda3 VG fedora_fedora lvm2 [117.65 GiB / 102.65 GiB free] Total: 1 [117.65 GiB] / in use: 1 [117.65 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] [root@srv ~]# pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda3 fedora_fedora lvm2 a-- 117.65g 102.65g [root@srv ~]# pvdisplay -m --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda3 VG Name fedora_fedora PV Size <117.66 GiB / not usable 3.00 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 30119 Free PE 26279 Allocated PE 3840 PV UUID LwQYeY-lw8l-iBvM-6fV5-9mdd-8Thx-1qhRJ2 --- Physical Segments --- Physical extent 0 to 3839: Logical volume /dev/fedora_fedora/root Logical extents 0 to 3839 Physical extent 3840 to 30118: FREE [root@srv ~]# vgs -o +devices,lv_path VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree Devices Path fedora_fedora 1 1 0 wz--n- 117.65g 102.65g /dev/sda3(0) /dev/fedora_fedora/root [root@srv ~]# vgdisplay -v --- Volume group --- VG Name fedora_fedora System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 2 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 117.65 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 30119 Alloc PE / Size 3840 / 15.00 GiB Free PE / Size 26279 / 102.65 GiB VG UUID dtw50K-3DMl-lGQw-Ax6b-OFAP-5Rc3-D0SkmM --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/fedora_fedora/root LV Name root VG Name fedora_fedora LV UUID 8iJKSa-vARC-uJ0C-YNeR-b5DL-v2pf-XbhHzS LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time srv, 2022-04-17 15:12:15 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 15.00 GiB Current LE 3840 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:0 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/sda3 PV UUID LwQYeY-lw8l-iBvM-6fV5-9mdd-8Thx-1qhRJ2 PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 30119 / 26279 [root@srv ~]# lvs --segments LV VG Attr #Str Type SSize root fedora_fedora -wi-ao---- 1 linear 15.00g [root@srv ~]# lvdisplay -m --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/fedora_fedora/root LV Name root VG Name fedora_fedora LV UUID 8iJKSa-vARC-uJ0C-YNeR-b5DL-v2pf-XbhHzS LV Write Access read/write LV Creation host, time srv, 2022-04-17 15:12:15 +0000 LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 15.00 GiB Current LE 3840 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:0 --- Segments --- Logical extents 0 to 3839: Type linear Physical volume /dev/sda3 Physical extents 0 to 3839