Deploying RHEL on the cloud

Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the cloud has some differences from the previous deployments we've done. Let's look at what these differences are:

• We won't use an ISO image or Anaconda to perform a deployment, but a preconfigured image, usually prepared and made available by the cloud provider:

  - The image can be later customized and adapted to our needs.

• We will not be able to choose the configuration details of our system (such as selecting a time zone, for example) during installation time, but will be able to after.
• An automated mechanism will be in place to change settings, such as adding a user and their credentials to access the system or configure network:

  - The most extended and well-known mechanism used by cloud providers to do so is cloud-init.

  - Some of the images that are delivered by the cloud provider include the cloud-init software.

  - Systems are usually accessed remotely using the ssh protocol and the SSH...