System and command changes between RHEL 6 and RHEL 7
Between RHEL6 and RHEL7 there are a number of changes to tools, commands, and workflows. Changes that are likely to affect common administrative tasks are listed here:
- Anaconda RHEL installer completely redesigned1
- Legacy GRUB boot loader replaced by GRUB22
- Procedure for bypassing root password prompt at boot completely different3
- SysV init system and all related tools replaced by systemd4
- ext4 replaced by xfs as default filesystem type5
- Directories /bin, /sbin, /lib and /lib64 are now all under the /usr directory6
- Network interfaces have a new naming scheme based on physical device location (e.g., eth0 might become enp0s3)7
ntpd
replaced bychronyd
as the default network time protocol daemon8- GNOME2 replaced by GNOME3 as default desktop environment9
- System registration and subscription now handled exclusively with Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM)10
- MySQL replaced by Mariadb11
tgtd
replaced bytargetcli
12- High Availability Add-On: RGManager removed as resource-management option (in favor of Pacemaker); all CMAN features merged into Corosync (
qdiskd
replaced by votequorum plugin); all tools unified intopcs
13 ifconfig
androute
commands are further deprecated in favor ofip
netstat
further deprecated in favor ofss
- System user UID range extended from 0-499 to 0-999
locate
no longer available by default; (available as mlocate package)nc
(netcat) replaced bynmap-ncat
See footnotes for additional detail about these changes.