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. Configure bacula and web interface
17. Setup mail relay
18. Configure smartd to monitor hard drives
^19. Configure thermal alerts for server
20. Configure logwatch
21. Setup clamav virus protection for Samba and weekly scan
22. Setup cron jobs
23. Configure denyhosts or fail2ban
^24. Configure Snort passive IDS
^25. Transparent Proxy with Squid for bandwidth utilization tally
26. Upload firmware for tv tuner card
27. Setup mythtv
28. Configure MythWeb
29. Force http to https redirection
30. Configure webdav for tomboy notes / foxit marks
^31. Configure SElinux
^32. Verify all log files in /var/log are not giving any errors or notifications
^33. Check logs for whats growing!
# ls -alR /var/log | grep ^- | awk {'print $5" "$8'} | sort -k 2| sort -n