1. Disable root login via ssh
2. Enable sudo
3. yum remove unneeded software
4. yum update
5. Configure grub serial console redirection
6. Configure serial console via IPMI
7. Configure kdump for system panics
8. Configure NUT for UPS alerts
9. Configure Time Server for local network access
10. Configure syslog for network client writes
11. Mount raid array
12. Configure md alerts
13. Enable NFS
14. Enable samba
15. Enable iSCSI
16. Setup mail relay
17. Configure smartd to monitor hard drives
^18. Configure thermal alerts for server
19. Configure logwatch
20. Setup clamav virus protection for Samba and weekly scan
21. Setup cron jobs
22. Configure denyhosts or fail2ban
23. Configure Snort passive IDS
24. Upload firmware for tv tuner card
25. Setup mythtv
26. Configure MythWeb
27. Force http to https redirection
28. Configure webdav for tomboy notes / foxit marks
^29. Configure SElinux
^30. Verify all log files in /var/log are not giving any errors or notifications
^31. Check logs for whats growing!
# ls -alR /var/log | grep ^- | awk {'print $5" "$8'} | sort -k 2| sort -n