Re: [CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation
On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:17:11 -0400 Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 10:25, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > After doing a minimal CentOS 8.4 installation, I found the following > > packages to be useful for a simple server, so I removed them: > > > > cronie-anacron (replaced with cronie-noanacron) > > alsa-firmware > > ivtv-firmware > > iwl*-firmware > > sssd-common (along with all packages that depended on it) > > > > What other things do folk usually remove to make their installation > > smaller? > > Usually it breaks down at this point because everyone has different > things they want for their minimal install. Getting 3 people to agree > on a minimal working set seems to be harder than doing a three body > physics problem :). Exactly. To me a minimal install has just enough to run sshd, an editor*, and yum. It’s not very useful, so then I add diagnostics, logging and management software, and it is no longer minimal. My typical approach is to run `package-cleanup --leaves --all` or `yum leaves` (might need software not on CentOS 8) and justify everything that is there. I have about 85 leaf packages on a CentOS 7 web server, so a minimal package set should be smaller. Experiment with a disposable VM so it is easy to recover from mistakes. Jim * vi, or emacs, or ... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation
On 21/08/2021 01:34, Warren Young wrote: > Our post-install removal command here is: > > dnf -y remove cockpit* pcp* These aren't present in a minimal CentOS 8 installation. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation
On Aug 20, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > What other things do folk usually remove to make their installation smaller? Our post-install removal command here is: dnf -y remove cockpit* pcp* But we’re old-school Unix geeks, so there you go. :) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation
On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 10:25, Anand Buddhdev wrote: > > Hi folks, > > After doing a minimal CentOS 8.4 installation, I found the following > packages to be useful for a simple server, so I removed them: > > cronie-anacron (replaced with cronie-noanacron) > alsa-firmware > ivtv-firmware > iwl*-firmware > sssd-common (along with all packages that depended on it) > > What other things do folk usually remove to make their installation smaller? > Usually it breaks down at this point because everyone has different things they want for their minimal install. Getting 3 people to agree on a minimal working set seems to be harder than doing a three body physics problem :). -- Stephen J Smoogen. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Flame wars in sci.astro.orion. I have seen SPAM filters overload because of Godwin's Law. All those moments will be lost in time... like posts on BBS... time to reboot. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Minimising a CentOS installation
Hi folks, After doing a minimal CentOS 8.4 installation, I found the following packages to be useful for a simple server, so I removed them: cronie-anacron (replaced with cronie-noanacron) alsa-firmware ivtv-firmware iwl*-firmware sssd-common (along with all packages that depended on it) What other things do folk usually remove to make their installation smaller? Regards, Anand ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
