Bug 1465239 – Software/Package selection section should contain the guidance that minimum required packages should be installed in many reasons.

Bug 1465239 - Software/Package selection section should contain the guidance that minimum required packages should be installed in many reasons.

Summary:	Software/Package selection section should contain the guidance that minimum r...

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	doc-Installation_Guide (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Lenka Kimlickova
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Reported:	2017-06-26 23:07 EDT by Keigo Noha
Modified:	2017-10-13 12:20 EDT (History)
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Description Keigo Noha 2017-06-26 23:07:52 EDT

Document URL: 

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-package-selection-x86.html


https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-package-selection-ppc.html


https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-package-selection-s390.html

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html#sect-kickstart-packages

Section Number and Name: 
6.13. Software Selection
11.14. Software Selection
15.14. Software Selection
24.3.3. Package Selection

Describe the issue: 
Software selection and Package selection section should contain the guidance that minimum required packages should be installed in many reasons.

Currently, the installation guide doesn't contain how to chose the software selection.
The guidance for the choice of the software selection and package selection depends on the system's requirement. But we should write the general guidance as minimal installation is a best practice from security perspective.
The minimal installation also has a benefit that it can reduce the maintenance cost of update in security vulnerabilities and bug fixes. 

Suggestions for improvement: 
In the installation guide, we should contain the general guidance for choosing software selection and package selection.
Especially, we should add the link to the security guide.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Security_Guide/sec-Installing_the_Minimum_Amount_of_Packages_Required.html

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Comment 16 Petr Bokoc 2017-10-13 12:20:35 EDT

Hi again, the guide is now republished including the added note. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide/sect-package-selection-x86

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