Chapter 15. Starting a remote installation by using the Remote Desktop Protocol

Procedure

1. From the RHEL boot menu on the target system, press the e key on your keyboard to edit the boot options.

2. Append the inst.rdp option to the end of the command line.

   You can also use the inst.rdp.username and inst.rdp.password boot options to set the RDP credentials. For example,

   inst.rdp inst.rdp.username=my_username inst.rdp.password=my_password

3. Press CTRL+X or F10 to start the installation. The target system initializes the installation program and starts the necessary services. When the system is ready, a message is displayed providing the IP address of the system.
4. Provide username and password details, if not provided earlier by using the boot options.
5. Open the RDP viewer on the remote system.
6. Enter the IP address into the RDP server field.
7. Click Connect.

8. Enter the RDP username and password and click OK.

   A new window opens with the RDP connection established, displaying the RHEL installation menu. From this window, you can install RHEL on the target system by using the graphical user interface.

Procedure

1. To set up a remote connection with the 64-bit IBM Z system from a local machine, open the terminal and on the command prompt, run the following command:

   $ ssh install@my-z-system-domain-name

   or

   $ ssh install@my-z-system-IP-address

2. The ssh session displays the following output:

   Starting installer, one moment...
   libreport is not available in this environment - bug reporting disabled
   anaconda 40.22.3.26-1.el10_0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 started.
    * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation
    * shell is available in second TMUX pane (ctrl+b, then press 2)
    * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments
   
   Wayland startup failed, falling back to text mode.
   ================================================================================
   ================================================================================
   Wayland was unable to start on your machine. Would you like to start an RDP
   session to connect to this computer from another computer and perform a
   graphical installation or continue with a text mode installation?
   
   1) Use graphical mode via Remote Desktop Protocol
   2) Use text mode
   
   Please make a selection from the above ['c' to continue, 'q' to quit, 'r' to
   refresh]:

   If you have configured the inst.rdp parameter, proceed to step 4.

3. Enter 1 to start RDP.
4. Enter RDP username and password, if you have not set these values previously via inst.rdp.username and inst.rdp.password boot options.

5. Use an RDP client to connect to the provided network address.

   You will be asked to provide the username and password you have set in the previous steps.

   Note

   If you have started the installation with the inst.rdp boot option, the installer will not ask you to connect via ssh. Instead, provide the RDP username and password in the console, as described in the step 4 above.