--- doc/build/RHEL7_install.frag	2014/06/30 15:49:54	1.1
+++ doc/build/RHEL7_install.frag	2019/12/03 00:46:07	1.4
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ DHCP is <em>not</em> supported.
   <li>domain name server(s) </li>
 </ul>
 
-<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7c Install</a></h2>
+<h2>3. <a name="lin">Minimal Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Install</a></h2>
 <p>
 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux is straightforward. 
 Documentation is available from
-<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/"
+<a href="https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/">
 https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/</a>
 Most of the installation screens are self explanatory.
 There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Finish installing your server, reboot it
 </p>
 <h3>Firewall Configuration</h3>
 <p>
-LON-CAPA uses the tradition iptables package instead of the recent Firewalld, included for the
+LON-CAPA uses the traditional iptables package instead of the recent Firewalld, included for the
 first time with RHEL7.  Accordingly, you should install iptables-services, disable firewalld,
 and enable iptables.  
 <pre>
@@ -97,15 +97,20 @@ yum install iptables-services
 systemctl mask firewalld
 systemctl enable iptables
 systemctl enable ip6tables
+systemctl stop firewalld
+systemctl start iptables
+systemctl start ip6tables
 yum install wget
 rpm --import http://install.loncapa.org/versions/redhat/RPM-GPG-KEY-loncapa
 wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/redhat/7Server/system-config-firewall-tui-1.2.29-10.el7.noarch.rpm
 yum localinstall system-config-firewall-tui-1.2.29-10.el7.noarch.rpm
-system-config-firewall-tui
 </pre>
-
+<p>
 The system-config-firewall-tui tool should be used to configure the Firewall.
 </p>
+<pre>
+system-config-firewall-tui
+</pre>
 <ol>
   <li>Select Security Level: Enabled, and Customize, to allow
       incoming: SSH (remote login), WWW (HTTP) and secure WWW
@@ -116,6 +121,12 @@ The system-config-firewall-tui tool shou
 
 <h2>4. <a name="upd">Update your system</a></h2>
 <p>
+Enable access to the EPEL repository
+</p>
+<pre>
+yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+</pre>
+<p>
 Update your system to the latest versions of the system software using yum.
 </p>
 <pre>
@@ -138,6 +149,23 @@ mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup
 cp rhel7_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
 yum update
 </pre>
+<p>
+Verify the required repositories are enabled:
+</p>
+<pre>
+yum repolist enabled
+</pre>
+<p>
+The list of enabled repos should be as follows:
+</p>
+<table style="border: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;">
+<tr><th>repo id</th><th>repo name</th></tr>
+<tr><td>epel</td><td>Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - x86_64</td></tr>
+<tr><td>loncapa-updates-basearch</td><td>RHEL 7Server LON-CAPA x86_64 Updates</td></tr>
+<tr><td>loncapa-updates-noarch</td><td>RHEL 7Server LON-CAPA noarch Updates</td></tr>
+<tr><td>rhel-x86_64-server-7 </td><td>Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 for x86_64)<td></tr>
+<tr><td>rhel-x86_64-server-optional-7</td><td>RHEL Server Optional (v. 7 x86_64)</td></tr>
+</table>
 
 <h3>Configure SELinux</h3>
 <p>