FOXMAN-UN R18 RHEL9 Hardened Installation
Purpose
This document describes how to create the prerequisites for the installation of the FOXMAN-UN on a CIS profile based hardened RedHat 9.6 system plus latest updates. This profile defines a baseline that aligns to the “Level 2 - Server” configuration from the Center for Internet Security® Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 CIS Benchmarks™, v2.0.0, released 2024-06-24.
The general FOXMAN-UN installation procedure on a CIS hardened system includes the following four steps:
Please note:
Steps 1, 2, and 4 are described in FOXMAN-UN Installation Guideline - User Manual [2]. Chapter 3: Installation Process Overview.
→ A deviation in step 2, and step 3, are described in the document.
The information in this document is specific for the RHEL release 9.6 and the FOXMAN-UN .
For other versions / releases please check for a document update.
The procedure described herein is for hardening the FOXMAN-UN core components on the RedHat 9.6. It covers:
• the deviation in step 2, identified as step 2*. See section Step 2* - Deviation from the standard OS installation below
• the loading any application of the hardening profile, identified as step 3.
For the step 1 (preparation of a HW or a Virtual Machine (VM)) resource requirements, check the FOXMAN-UN R18 release note [1].
For step 4 (installation of the FOXMAN-UN R18) see the FOXMAN-UN R18 Installation Guideline [2].
The procedure described herein does not include the hardening of installations where FOXMAN-UN clients are installed decentralized on Windows or other Linux Systems.