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Here you can use your short system hostname or you can append the dot domain FQDN. After setting up hostname bring up your Network Interface by switching the top Ethernet button to ON. If your network provides automatic Interface configurations through a DHCP server your IPs should be visible on Ethernet Interface Card else go to Configure button and provide your static network settings for your appropriate network connection.

After finishing editing Ethernet Interface settings hit on Done which you bring you to default window installer and after you check on your installation settings hit on Begin Installation to proceed further with system installation. As the installation begins writing the system components on your hard-disk, you need to supply your Root Password and create a new User. Click on Root Password and try choose a strong with one at least eight characters in length alpha-numerical and special characters and hit in Done when you finish.

Then move to User Creation and provide your credentials for this new user. A good idea is to use this user as a system administrator with root powers through sudo command by checking the box Make this user administrator , then click on Done and wait for the installation process to finish.

Then, click Register. On the Confirm subscription screen, if more than one subscription is listed, select Red Hat Developer Subscription.

Then, click Attach. When registration completes, click Done. During your first login, set your language, keyboard layout, and enable or disable location services. Then, connect your online accounts or click Skip. If you didn't register your system during the first boot, you can register at any time using the command line. Start a Terminal window by clicking Activities in the upper left corner.

Then select the Terminal icon on the lower left. Alternatively, start typing terminal in the search box and then hit enter to accept the Terminal auto-completion. Enter your Red Hat username and password. The first step is to see what modules are available the Applications Streams appstream repo:. From the output you can see that Node. You could have simply typed the following to install the default nodejs module.

The above commands would have installed the nodejs with the default profile. If your system switches between wired and wireless connections, you will need to switch the adapter that the VM is bridged to when changing between wired and wireless. The paravirtualized adapter removes much of the overhead of emulating a hardware network adapter.

Copy and paste requires VirtualBox Guest Additions to be installed. You'll be able to copy and paste text to and from the Terminal window. Note: During boot, you can skip the media checking step by hitting the Esc key. On the following screens, select your preferred language and keyboard layout to use during installation. Note: if your system only has one disk and you are using the whole disk for the installation, just click Done.

Then, uncheck Enable Kdump. Next, configure the Network and optionally set the host name. Note: If you do not enable the network adapter here, you will not have network connectivity when you boot the system.

While the installation is proceeding, click Root Password to set the root Administrator password. Next, create the regular user ID that you will use to log into the system by clicking User Creation. Important note: Select Make this user administrator. This will enable sudo for your user ID. If you have a machine or VM that reboots too quickly to eject the installation media, you can try:.

When the system reboots, click License Information to accept the license agreement. On the License Information screen, Click I accept the license agreement under the text of the license. Your system needs to be registered to download software and updates from Red Hat. When you joined Red Hat Developers, a no-cost developer subscription was added to your account. Registering your system attaches it to your subscription. If you configured and started the network connection during installation, you can register the system now using the graphical interface.

To register your system, click Subscription Manager. On the next screen, if you need to configure a proxy click Configure Proxy , otherwise click Next. Click OK to save your settings. After the installer is started, choose your language. In Virtualbox, you can press to right Ctrl key to release the mouse cursor back to the host. On the next screen, you need to complete items marked with a yellow triangle icon. For example, I need to configure Installation Destination.

So I just click Done without making any changes. This is required if you want to use RHEL 8 beta for free. Leave other options untouched. After saving the configurations, click Begin Installation button. While the OS is being installed, you need to set a root password and create a user account. The installation is pretty fast.