In OPS235, you learned how to configure a virtual private network for your '''centos1''', '''centos2''' and '''centos3''' virtual machines. All of the virtual machines in the You were required to configure a static network connection for your VMs. In OPS335 course , you will also be setting up a static network connection for labs and assignments all of your VMs (which all VMs will be '''CLI''' or '''"text-based"''' (just as centos3 was CLI for your OPS235 labs). All of the services that we are configuring install and configure for this course '''require a working network connection'''; therefore, it is very important that you know how to configure a network connection for your VMs, whether via command line for trouble-shooting purposes, or to create a persistent (permanent) network connection that uses static IP address (as opposed to DHCP).