ssh to the server.

#nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

You will find…

# =============================================================
# Network Interface Script generated by BareMetal
# =============================================================
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=STATIC
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=216.55.xx.xx
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
HWADDR=6C:62:xx:xx:xx:C3

Change this line only to the new IP

IPADDR=216.55.xx.xx

Note: If you are changing to an IP on a different subnet and need to change your default gateway, this can be configured under /etc/sysconfig/network

Save the file and restart

# service network restart

My Server time Zone was +00:00 GMT and today I found the time showing +1:00 GMT . Would you please tell how it has been changed ? Is that because of Daylight Saving issue ?

The server currently is set to British Summer Time, which is UTC +1 currently, you can change the time zone to UTC/GMT which does not adjust for Daylight Saving Time, you can run the following commands to set the time zone to UTC:


mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.bak
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime

You can prevent this from being changed by updates by running:


chattr +i /etc/localtime

[root@localhost Downloads]# yum grouplist
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Setting up Group Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: yum.tamu.edu
 * extras: mirror.raystedman.net
 * rpmforge: repoforge.spinellicreations.com
 * updates: mirrors.centarra.com
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   Directory Client
   E-mail server
   FCoE Storage Client
   Fonts
   General Purpose Desktop
   Graphical Administration Tools
   Hardware monitoring utilities
   Internet Applications
   Internet Browser
   Legacy UNIX compatibility
   Legacy X Window System compatibility
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   Networking Tools
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   Remote Desktop Clients
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# yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

ssh to the server

# cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
# ls -l | grep ifcfg-eth
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Jan 11 19:16 ifcfg-eth0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Jan  3 08:45 ifcfg-eth0.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Feb 24 04:34 ifcfg-eth1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   128 Jan 19 18:20 ifcfg-eth1.bak

If the main adapter is called “eth0” you have to call the next (virtual) adapter in a sequential order like so:

ifcfg-eth0 (primary adapter, physical)
ifcfg-eth0:1 (first virtual adapter to the physical primary adapter)
ifcfg-eth0:2 (second virtual adapter to the physical primary adapter)

Copy our primary adapter configuration file and name it to be the first virtual adapter:


# cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:1
# ls -l | grep ifcfg-eth
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Jan 11 19:16 ifcfg-eth0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Feb 24 08:53 ifcfg-eth0:1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Jan  3 08:45 ifcfg-eth0.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   119 Feb 24 04:34 ifcfg-eth1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   128 Jan 19 18:20 ifcfg-eth1.bak

Configure this virtual adapter to be a static IP, no hardware address (MAC), configure netmask and of course rename the device.


# vim ifcfg-eth0:1
DEVICE=eth0:1
BOOTPROTO=static
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=10.1.1.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0

There is no need to specify a MAC address – it is a virtual adapter and there is also no need to specify a default gateway as it is already routed through the primary adapter. Basically there are only four things that you will need to change:

File name for the adapter itself
DEVICE= (should correspond with the file name)
IPADDR=
NETMASK=

Restart the networking service:


# service network restart

That’s it; lets check ifconfig to make sure the virtual adapter is there and working:


# ifconfig eth0:1
eth0:1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:ED:05:B7
inet addr:10.1.1.2  Bcast:10.1.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1


# ping 10.1.1.2
PING 10.1.1.2 (10.1.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.1.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.073 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.042 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms
64 bytes from 10.1.1.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms
--- 10.1.1.2 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.029/0.043/0.073/0.018 ms

Install eplel repo


# rpm -ivh http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/gnu+linux/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm


# yum -y install vpnc
# chmod 700 /etc/vpnc/vpnc-script
# cp /etc/vpnc/default.conf /etc/vpnc/default.conf.orig

Save your .pnc file from Networking to /etc/vpnc/ folder

Install the VPN .pnc file as a default.conf file

Get the pcf to vpnc configuration file converter


# wget http://svn.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/vpnc/trunk/pcf2vpnc

Make it executable


# chmod +x pcf2vpnc

Move it to a place in our path


# mv pcf2vpnc /usr/local/bin/


# cd /etc
# pcf2vpnc /path/username.pcf default.conf
# chown root:root default.conf
# chmod 600 default.conf

Edit the config file to either use your username and password, or to manually enter


# nano default.conf
# Uncomment for auto login
# Xauth username myusername
# Xauth password userpass
# Uncomment for manual login
Xauth interactive

Backup resolv.conf

As a final configuration step, it is a good idea to make a backup of your resolv.conf file. The vpnc program will replace the resolv.conf upon connection and will restore it when you disconnect.

Connect and Disconnect

You must be logged in as Root for this to work

# vpnc
# vpnc-disconnect