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=LAB PREPARATION=
[[Image:vmware-1a-rhel.png|thumb|right|450px|The VMware Workstation application will allow you to create and administer '''4 different virtual machines''' ('''VM'''s) on your computer system. ]]
===Purpose of Lab 1===
| |[[Image:ssd.png|thumb|left|175px|<b>Solid State Drive</b><br>Minimum Size: 250GB]]
| [[Image:log-book.png|thumb|left|100px|<b>Lab Logbook</b><br>[[:Media:OPS245-Logbook-Online.doc|(lab 1Click Here to Download)]]]]
| style="padding-left:15px;" |Package Management
| style="padding-left:15px;"|Matrix on-line tutorials<br><ul><li>Linux Basics:<br>'''/home/ops235/linux-basics'''</li><li>Using the vi Text Editor:<br>'''/home/ops235/vi-tutorial'''</li><li>Shell Scripting - Part I (Scripting Basics):<br>'''/home/ops235/scripting-1'''</li></ul>
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= INVESTIGATION 1: CREATING A RED HAT ACCOUNT AND DOWNLOADING THE ISO =
<li>Add a line that will print out the heading '''System Report'''<br />
<code style="color:#3366CC;font-family:courier;font-size:.9em;margin-left:20px;font-weight:bold;">
print('System Report\n')
</code>
</li>
<li>Save your script and run it. Does it work?</li>
<li>You'll notice that the python script is currently sending its output to your terminal. Since we haven't covered how to write to a file yet, this is ok for now. Just use output redirection on the command line when you run the script to send the output to '''~/bin/pythonreport.txt'''.</li>
<li>Add Open your script in a text editor (like Vi) again, and add the following lines below the print statement:</li><pre style="color:#3366CC;font-family:courier;font-size:.9em;margin-left:20px;># Import the Operating System moduleimport os # Print a heading for the date command outputprint('Current Date:') # Call the date command using the os moduleos.system("date +'%A %B %d, %Y (%I:%M %p)'")</pre><li>Save your script and run it again. Observe the output. What do you think the os.system command did?</li><li>Based on the above example and output, add the extra commands for your python script to also output (with appropriate headings):
<ul>
<li>The hostname of the machine.</li>
<li>The kernel version.</li>