The system is now installed, but not yet configured for use. The hardware, the network and other services are not yet set up. If you follow the default installation path, the system will be automatically configured. If you have deselected the , the manual system configuration starts.
Having rebooted, the system starts the Automatic Configuration. This routine attempts to configure your network and Internet access and sets up your hardware. This process does not need any interaction. You can change the settings made by Automatic Configuration at any time on the installed system with YaST. Continue with Section 1.15, “Graphical Login”.
Having rebooted, the system starts the manual configuration. If the configuration fails at one of the steps of this stage, it restarts and continues from the last successful step.
The hostname is the computer's name in the network. The domain name is the name of the network. A hostname and domain are proposed by default. If your system is part of a network, the hostname has to be unique in this network, whereas the domain name has to be common to all hosts on the network.
In many networks, the system receives its name over DHCP. In this case
it is not necessary to modify the proposed hostname and domain name.
Select instead. To be able
to access your system using this hostname, even when it is not
connected to the network, select . If you often change
networks without restarting the desktop environment (e.g. when
switching between different WLANs), do not enable this option, because
the desktop system may get confused when the hostname in
/etc/hosts changes.
To change hostname settings at any time after installation, use YaST +. For more information, see Section “Configuring the Network Card with YaST” (Chapter 21, Basic Networking, ↑Reference).
If you are installing openSUSE on a laptop computer, is enabled. NetworkManager is a tool that enables automatic connection with minimal user intervention. It is ideal for WLAN and mobile computing. If you want to use the traditional method without NetworkManager, click . Find detailed information about NetworkManager in Chapter 5, Using NetworkManager. If you are installing openSUSE on any other type of machine, the traditional method without NetworkManager is selected by default. This configuration step also lets you configure the network devices of your system and make security settings, for example, for a firewall or proxy.
The network can also be configured after the system installation has been completed. If you skip it now, your system is left offline unable to retrieve any available updates. To configure your network connection later, select and click .
The following network settings can be configured in this step:
Enable or disable the use of NetworkManager as described above. Also change the IPv6 support here. By default the IPv6 support is enabled. To disable it, click . For more information about IPv6, see Section “IPv6—The Next Generation Internet” (Chapter 21, Basic Networking, ↑Reference).
By default SuSEfirewall2 is enabled on all configured network interfaces. To globally disable the firewall for this computer, click on . If the firewall is enabled, you may the SSH port in order to allow remote connections via secure shell. To open the detailed firewall configuration dialog, click on . See Section “Configuring the Firewall with YaST” (Chapter 14, Masquerading and Firewalls, ↑Security Guide) for detailed information.
All network cards detected by YaST are listed here. If you have already set up a network connection during the installation (as described in Section 1.7.1.1, “Network Setup”) the card used for this connection is listed as . A click on opens the dialog, where you can change existing configurations, set up networks cards not configured yet, or add and configure additional cards. See Section 4.2, “Internet Connection Via Network” for checklists of configuration requirements for the various connection types and Section “Configuring the Network Card with YaST” (Chapter 21, Basic Networking, ↑Reference) for configuration details.
- , , and
If your computer is equipped with an internal DSL modem, an internal ADSL Fritz Card, an ISDN card or a modem, clicking on the respective headline opens the configuration dialog. Refer to Chapter 4, Accessing the Internet for further information.
- VNC Remote Administration
To enable remote administration of your machine via VNC, click . Choose in the following dialog and adjust your firewall settings accordingly.
- Proxy
If you have a proxy server controlling the Internet access in your network, configure the proxy URLs and authentication details in this dialog.
![[Tip]](admon/tip.png) | Resetting the Network Configuration to the Default Values |
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Reset the network settings to the original proposed values by clicking +. This discards any changes made. | |
After having configured a network connection, you can test it. For this purpose, YaST establishes a connection to the openSUSE server and downloads the latest release notes. Read them at the end of the installation process. A successful test is also a prerequisite for the automatic addition of the default repositories and for updating online.
If you have multiple network interfaces, verify that the desired card is used to connect to the Internet. If not, click .
To start the test, select and click . In the following dialog, view the progress of the test and the results. Detailed information about the test process is available via . If the test fails, click to return to the network configuration to correct your entries.
Proceed with . If the test was successful, the official software repositories for openSUSE and the update repository will be configured. Downloading the repository data for the first time may take some time.
If you do not want to test the connection at this point, select then . This also skips downloading the release notes, and updating online. These steps can be performed any time after the system has been initially configured.
If an Internet connection has been established, and updates are available, select whether to perform a YaST online update. If there are any patched packages available on the servers, download and install them now to fix known bugs or security issues. For detailed instructions see Chapter YaST Online Update (↑Reference). Directives on how to perform an online update in the installed system are available at Section 3.3, “Keeping the System Up-to-date” or Chapter YaST Online Update (↑Reference). This step is skipped if no updates are available or no Internet connection has been established. Patches fixing security issues and recommended patches applying to your installation are automatically preselected. Click to install them and then to proceed with the system configuration.
![[Important]](admon/important.png) | Downloading Software Updates |
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The download of updates might take quite some time, depending on the bandwidth of the Internet connection and the size of the update files. In case the patch system itself is updated, the online update will restart and download more patches after the restart. If the kernel was updated, the system will reboot before completing the configuration. | |
If no local user was created in step one, you can create one in this dialog. To create more users, manage groups, modify defaults for new users and set up network authentication, launch . Refer to Chapter Managing Users with YaST (↑Reference) for more information about user management. To skip this step, click without entering any data.
After completing the user authentication setup, YaST displays the release notes. Reading them is recommended, because they contain important up-to-date information which was not available when the manuals were printed. If you successfully tested the Internet connection, read the most recent version of the release notes, as fetched from openSUSE's servers. Use + in YaST or start the SUSE Help Center to view the release notes after installation.
At the end of the installation, YaST opens a dialog for the configuration of a printer, the sound system and TV cards. Click the individual components to start the hardware configuration. For the most part, YaST detects and configures the devices automatically.
You can skip any peripheral devices and configure them later, as described in Chapter 2, Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST. To skip the configuration, select and click .
| Resetting Hardware Configuration to the Default Values |
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You can cancel any changes to the hardware configuration by clicking +. YaST then shows the original proposal again. | |
After a successful installation, YaST shows the Installation
Completed dialog. In this dialog, select whether to clone your newly
installed system for AutoYaST. To clone your system, select . The profile of the current system is
stored in /root/autoyast.xml.
AutoYaST is a system for installing one or more openSUSE systems automatically without user intervention. AutoYaST installations are performed using a control file with installation and configuration data. Finish the installation of openSUSE with in the final dialog.