• Fedora Server
• 43
• https://www.fedoraproject.org/server/

• 2025/12/03: WIP

• https://www.fedoraproject.org/server/download

Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-43-1.6.iso

• 64 MB EFI partition /boot/efi ¹⁾
• XFS /

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
zram0       251:0    0     8G  0 disk [SWAP]
nvme0n1     259:0    0 953.9G  0 disk 
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0    61M  0 part /boot/efi
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0 953.8G  0 part /

sudo dnf clean 'all' && sudo dnf autoremove -y && sudo dnf update -y && sync

sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force && sudo fwupdmgr update --verbose

• Installs nano
• Sets VISUAL and EDITOR to nano via environment variable
• Sets nowrap for current user

sudo dnf install 'nano' -y && export 'VISUAL=nano' && export 'EDITOR=nano' && echo -e 'export VISUAL=nano\nexport EDITOR=nano' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' && mkdir -p ~/'.config/nano' && echo 'set nowrap' | tee ~/'.config/nano/nanorc' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/nano/nanorc'

• TODO: Figure out policycoreutils-devel

sudo dnf install aria2 htop lm_sensors unar

policycoreutils-devel 

binutils p7zip p7zip-plugins

• More DNS Servers

9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112

2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9

• This tells systemd to ignore Lid close events and prevents system suspend

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d' && echo -e "[Login]\nHandleLidSwitch=ignore" | sudo tee '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/99-laptop-server.conf' > '/dev/null'

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/99-laptop-server.conf'

• Likely not-needed if set during install

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

• x86_energy_perf_policy udev Rule

sudo sensors-detect --auto

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

timedatectl 'set-ntp' 'true' && sudo hwclock --systohc && timedatectl status

• More Kernel Parameters

• See Tweaks

• Last updated: 2025/12/03

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/etc/default/grub' && sudo grub2-mkconfig -o '/boot/grub2/grub.cfg' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/boot/grub2/grub.cfg'

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet"

acpi_osi='Linux' reboot='pci' hibernate='no' idle='halt' nohz='off' mitigations='off' preempt='full' iommu='pt' pci='pcie_bus_perf,realloc,pcie_scan_all,big_root_window' pcie_aspm='off' pcie_port_pm='off' module_blacklist='iTCO_wdt,intel_oc_wdt' nowatchdog tsc='nowatchdog' drm_kms_helper.poll='0' drm_kms_helper.fbdev_emulation='0'

• 2025/12/03

Startup finished in 4.549s (firmware) + 1.994s (loader) + 495ms (kernel) + 3.042s (initrd) + 9.433s (userspace) = 19.516s 
graphical.target reached after 9.432s in userspace.

systemd-analyze

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now

sudo systemctl start 'fstrim' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'fstrim' -l

sudo fstrim -v -a

• Notes

sudo xfs_fsr -v '/'

sudo touch '/.autorelabel' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/.autorelabel'

sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/general-tweaks.sh' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/etc/profile.d/general-tweaks.sh'

# General
export LD_BIND_NOW='1'

# End

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-tweaks.conf' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/99-tweaks.conf' && sudo journalctl --vacuum-time='1s' --rotate

[Journal]
Storage=none
Compress=false
MaxLevelStore=0
MaxLevelSyslog=0
MaxLevelKMsg=0
MaxLevelConsole=0
MaxLevelWall=0
MaxLevelSocket=0

# End

sudo -e '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-custom.conf' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/etc/dracut.conf.d/99-custom.conf' && sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all

# Compression
compress="cat"

# Machine-specific
do_strip="yes"
aggressive_strip="yes"
hostonly="yes"
hostonly_mode="strict"

# End

sudo -e '/etc/fstab' && sudo restorecon -F -I '/etc/fstab'

• / type xfs

,nodiscard,noatime

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/fedora-up.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/dnf' clean 'all'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/dnf' update -y
ExecStart='/usr/bin/dnf' autoremove -y
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/systemctl' reboot

• 00:00 Oak

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/fedora-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'fedora-up.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=Software Package Maintenance and Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• See misc

• See Firewalld notes