I received my new PC, and it is the time to install Fedora and set up my work environment

Tue Nov 05 2019

Two years after I joined Redhat to work on the foreman project, I received a new PC (Lenovo T480s), and it's time for a fresh start. In this post, I will describe my process of setting up a new PC.

Goals

Be able to work inside Redhat and use Redhat office tools
Have a javascript development environment
Have a ruby development environment
Have Atom as my IDE and sync it back with my previous settings
Have a forklift development environment so I can work on the foreman project.

My Tools

Installing Fedora

Install the latest version of Fedora, in my case, I installed fedora 30 from Redhat PXE server and then updated to version 31.
1. Another option is to download fedora from https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/
Run sudo dnf upgrade and sudo dnf update

Install google-chrome browser

Install google chrome by running sudo dnf install google-chrome-stable and sign in to sync with my previous setup.

Installing ZSH and some essential terminal tools

Install ZSH

sudo dnf install zsh
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

Set my new PC hostname

sudo hostname sharvit-fedorabook-t480s

Install some essential tools

sudo dnf install vim hub

Restart your computer

Install rpmfusion

sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-31.noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-31.noarch.rpm
sudo dnf groupupdate core
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

Configure git

git config --global user.name "Avi Sharvit"
git config --global user.email sharvita@gmail.com

Generate an ssh key

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "sharvita@gmail.com"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

Add the ssh key to your Github account https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account

Redhat workspace related

Connect to Redhat VPN

To be able to connect to the Redhat VPN, you will need to be inside the Redhat VPN, to do that you will need to be in a Redhat office and connect to the secured network (wired, wifi).

Duo some restrictions, I can't share the full VPN urls, you can find the URLs in this secured link: https://mojo.redhat.com/docs/DOC-1199033-set-up-vpn-in-fedora-silverblue

sudo dnf install NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome

# download the redhat certificate
sudo wget -O /etc/pki/tls/certs/RH-IT-Root-CA.crt https://-------------.redhat.com/RH-IT-Root-CA.crt
sudo cp /etc/pki/tls/certs/RH-IT-Root-CA.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/2015-RH-IT-Root-CA.pem

# download some vpn profiles
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/AMS2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/AMS2.ovpn
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PEK2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/PEK2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/BNE.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/BNE.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/BRQ.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/BRQ.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/FAB.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/FAB.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PHX2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/PHX2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/PNQ2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/PNQ2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/RDU2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/RDU2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/GRU2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/GRU2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SIN2.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/SIN2.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/TLV.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/TLV.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7
sudo wget -O /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/NRT.ovpn http://----------.redhat.com/--------------------------------/NRT.ovpn?h=it-csb-rhel-7

# enable the redhat VPN
sudo restorecon -RvF /etc/pki/tls/certs/
sudo restorecon -RvF /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
sudo chmod 644 /etc/pki/tls/certs/2015-RH-IT-Root-CA.pem
sudo chown root:root /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*
sudo chmod 600 /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/*
sudo nmcli connection reload

Go to Settings -> Network and add your username to each VPN profile.

Connect to Redhat printers

# Adds the TelAviv printers to the cups config
# Replace TLV with another office code to connect to a different office printers
# See office codes here: https://redhat.service-now.com/help?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0002202
echo "BrowsePoll cups.tlv.redhat.com" >> /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
sudo systemctl enable cups-browsed
sudo systemctl restart cups-browsed

Once you installed the printers, you should find them in the printer settings.

Install Ferdi to manage my social interactions

Download the appimage from https://getferdi.com/ and put it in the ~/Applications folder.
Give it exec permissions using chmod +x filename
Run it and sign in to get my saved workspace

Install Ruby and RVM

First fix the gnome-terminal command login using: https://rvm.io/integration/gnome-terminal

Install Ruby and RVM

# install system ruby
sudo dnf install ruby
# install RVM
gpg2 --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Restart the terminal.

Install Ruby using RVM

# enable autolibs
rvm get stable --autolibs=enable
# Install the latest stable ruby version
rvm install ruby-2.6

Install NodeJS and NVM

# install system nodejs and npm
sudo dnf install -y nodejs npm
# install NVM
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.0/install.sh | bash

Restart the terminal

# install latest node-js
nvm install 12
# install yarn
curl --silent --location https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
sudo dnf install yarn

Install vagrant

rvm use system
sudo dnf install libvirt-daemon-kvm ansible vagrant-libvirt
# enable libvirt
sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
# add your user to the libvirt group to avoid password prompts on running vagrant commands with libvirt provider
sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} libvirt
newgrp libvirt
# install vagrant plugins
sudo dnf install sshfs vagrant-hostmanager vagrant-sshfs

NOTICE: before working with vagrant make sure you work with the system ruby (rvm use system)

Customizing the zsh

I ended up with the following .zshrc file in my home directory.

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH="/home/sharvit/.oh-my-zsh"
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export EDITOR='vim'
export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"

plugins=(git github dnf vagrant nvm npm rvm bundler)

source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

# enable autocomplete
autoload -U compinit
compinit

Install Atom

sudo rpm --import https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[Atom]\nname=Atom Editor\nbaseurl=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/el/7/\$basearch\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=0\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/gpgkey" > /etc/yum.repos.d/atom.repo'
sudo dnf install atom

Install my personal settings

Run apm install sync-settings
Open Atom
Open the sync-settings package settings
Set access-token
Set gist id to 88fddc82d91cdd7cd33fdfdbe03dd161
Restart atom
Click restore when you receive the message from sync-settings

Configure my forklift development environment so I can work on the foreman project

Clone forklift

# clone forklift
git clone git@github.com:theforeman/forklift.git
cd forklift
# setup vagrant boxes
cp vagrant/boxes.d/99-local.yaml.example vagrant/boxes.d/99-local.yaml
sed -i.bak "s/<REPLACE ME>/sharvit/g" vagrant/boxes.d/99-local.yaml
rm vagrant/boxes.d/99-local.yaml.bak

Edit the vagrant/boxes.d/99-local.yaml file with the following changes:

centos7-katello-devel:
  primary: true
  box: centos7
> sshfs:
>   host_path: '/home/sharvit/Projects/theforeman/vagrant-shares/centos7-katello-devel'
>   guest_path: '/home/vagrant'
>   reverse: True
  ansible:
    playbook: 'playbooks/katello_devel.yml'
    group: 'devel'
    variables:
      ssh_forward_agent: true
      foreman_devel_github_push_ssh: True
      katello_devel_github_username: sharvit

centos7-luna-devel:
  box: centos7
  memory: 9000
> sshfs:
>   host_path: '/home/sharvit/Projects/theforeman/vagrant-shares/centos7-luna-devel'
>   guest_path: '/home/vagrant'
>   reverse: True
  ansible:
    playbook: 'playbooks/luna-devel.yml'
    group: 'devel'
    variables:
      katello_devel_github_username: sharvit

Set the host_path to a preferred location on your machine and make sure it exists so you can have access to the foreman source code.

Run `centos7-luna-devel`

rvm use system
vagrant up centos7-luna-devel
# the provisioning may fail by unknown reasons
# in this case keep running until a successful provisioning
vagrant up centos7-luna-devel --provision

After successful provisioning, ssh into the machine and run foreman:

vagrant ssh centos7-luna-devel
cd foreman
bundle
npm install
# add some faked data to `foreman`
bundle exec rake seed:forgeries
# run foreman
bundle exec foreman start

Happy Hacking!

Now foreman is running so I can open it in my browser: https://centos7-luna-devel.sharvit-fedorabook-t480s.example.com/

Go to my host_path and open the source code with atom:

cd /home/asharvit/Projects/theforeman/vagrant-shares/centos7-luna-devel/foreman
atom .

Happy Hacking

To stop centos7-luna-devel run

vagrant halt centos7-luna-devel

Goals

My Tools

Installing Fedora

Install google-chrome browser

Installing ZSH and some essential terminal tools

Install ZSH

Set my new PC hostname

Install some essential tools

Install rpmfusion

Configure git

Generate an ssh key

Redhat workspace related

Connect to Redhat VPN

Connect to Redhat printers

Install Ferdi to manage my social interactions

Install Ruby and RVM

Install NodeJS and NVM

Install vagrant

Customizing the zsh

Install Atom

Configure my forklift development environment so I can work on the foreman project

Clone forklift

Run centos7-luna-devel

Happy Hacking!

Run `centos7-luna-devel`