1. introduction

The main reason by switching to fedora is that i was tired of using debian as the operating system to be used for Home Assistant.

This unattended installation is needed since it’s the only one providing a version 3.12 of python.

Once the base operating has been installed, a script called cid-init should be executed to initialize some basic settings and needed tools

to make this more manageable.

Some highlights of the solution:

  • direct root logon is not permitted, logon either by a userid and/or with a valid SSH id_rsa file.

  • sudo can be used for regular users, member of the wheel group.

  • a local user rds will be created, in case of emergency.

  • the big magic, REXX, will be avalaible.

Warning installing Linux by using this method will unconditionally (re)partition your first harddisk.

2. download the (latest) iso

http://cidusr:Passw0rd@d01cid.ddns.net/sharel/iso/fedora39/fedora39.iso

3. step 1: boot the iso and install

./pic/lui01.png

4. step 2: configure the node

on the console, login with following credentials:

root:xx
Tip you can also access the node by using ssh. 
yum -y update
/bin/cid-init

./pic/lui02.png

5. step 3: login

From now on, you can not login anymore as root, unless you have a correct id_rsa file in your .ssh/ folder,

otherwise, login as rds

rds:rds!