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Configure root and Perform network configuration

1. ____ Select root password
    
2. ____ Specify hostname and domain

In network configuration screen

1. Click on network configuration and change settings to the server specific (Important: Do not forget to disable IPv6, if you do not plan to use it)
2. ___  Disable Firewall (unless you decided to use it for a particular server)
3. ___  Disable IPv6
4. ___  Configure network interfaces (IP, netmask, domain search, default gateway)
    
5. ___  Enable VNC Remote administration and specify password___ 
   • Note: for security enable screensaver in Gnome and specify 10 min timeout
      
6. ___ Configure a Proxy server in order to access the internet, you must first configure YaST with the correct Proxy information.
   • Enter the correct proxy URLs in both the HTTP field only.
   • Select "same for all services tab"

Misc configure steps before reboot

1. Skip testing Internet connection
2. Accept default CA management settings
3. Specify local authentication method (/etc/passwd based)
4. ___Configure the first non-root user (just yourself, at this time do not worry about replication of other accounts).
   • ____  Create yourself as a user
   • ____  Enroll yourself into wheel group and modify /etc/sudoers to allow members of wheel group to su to root.