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How to remove GNOME environment and Xorg server on CentOS 7 / 8 / 9 Linux

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

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If you have installed recent version of CentOS, you have noticed by default the Installator did setup Xserver and GNOME as Graphical Environment as well the surrounding GUI Administration tools. That's really not needed on "headless" monitorless Linux servers as this wastes up for nothing a very tiny amount of the machine CPU and RAM and Disk resource on keeping services up and running. Even worse a Graphical Environment on a Production server poses a security breach as their are much more services running on the OS that could be potentially hacked.

Removal of GUI across CentOS is similar but slightly differs. Hence in this article, I'll show how it can be removed on CentOS Linux 7 / 8 and 9. Removal of Graphics is usual operation for sysadmins thus there is plenty of info on the net,how this is done on CentOS 7 and COS 8 but unfortunately as of time of writting this article, couldn't find anything on the net on how to Remove GUI environment on CentOS 9.

The reason for this article is mostly for documentation purposes for myself

First list the available meta-package groups installed on the OS:

1. List machine installed package groups

 

yum-groupinstall-gnome

[root@centos ~]# yum grouplist
Last metadata expiration check: 3:55:48 ago on Mon 11 Apr 2022 03:26:06 AM EDT.
Available Environment Groups:
   Server
   Minimal Install
   Workstation
   KDE Plasma Workspaces
   Custom Operating System
   Virtualization Host
Installed Environment Groups:
   Server with GUI
Installed Groups:
   Container Management
   Headless Management
Available Groups:
   Legacy UNIX Compatibility
   Console Internet Tools
   Development Tools
   .NET Development
   Graphical Administration Tools
   Network Servers
   RPM Development Tools
   Scientific Support
   Security Tools
   Smart Card Support
   System Tools
   Fedora Packager


On CentOS 8 and CentOS 9 to list the installed package groups, you can use also:

[root@centos ~]# dnf grouplist

Installed Environment Groups:
   Server with GUI

2. Remove GNOME and Xorg GUIs on CentOS 7

[root@centos ~]# yum groupremove "Server with GUI" –skip-broken

[root@centos ~]# yum groupremove "GNOME Desktop" -y

3. Remove GNOME and X on CentOS 8

[root@centos ~]# dnf groupremove 'X Window System' 'GNOME' -y

4. Remove Graphical Environment on CentOS 9

 

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[root@centos ~]# yum groupremove GNOME 'Graphical Administration Tools' -y

 

Removing Groups:
 GNOME

Transaction Summary
====================================================
Remove  123 Packages

Freed space: 416 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.

 


  xorg-x11-drv-libinput-1.0.1-3.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.20.11-10.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-server-Xwayland-21.1.3-2.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-server-common-1.20.11-10.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-server-utils-7.7-44.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-xauth-1:1.1-10.el9.x86_64
  xorg-x11-xinit-1.4.0-11.el9.x86_64

Complete!


Graphical Administration Tools – is a group of tools that 

Or alternatively you can do

[root@centos ~]# yum remove gnome* xorg* -y


5. Change the Graphical boot to text multiuser

[root@centos ~]# systemctl set-default multi-user.target


6. Install GNOME / X GUI on the CentOS 7 / 8 / 9

Sometimes GNOME Desktop environment and Xorg are missing on previously delpoyed installs but you need it back for some reason.For example it was earlier removed a year ago on the server as it was not needed, but the machine use type changes and now you need to have installed an Oracle Server / Oracle Client which usually depends on having at least a minimal working version of X environment ont the Linux.


To install back the GNOME and X back on the machine:

[root@centos ~]# yum groupistall "Server with GUI" –skip-broken

[root@centos9 network-scripts]# yum groupinstall "Server with GUI" –skip-broken
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:26 ago on Mon 11 Apr 2022 07:43:11 AM EDT.
No match for group package "insights-client"
No match for group package "redhat-release"
No match for group package "redhat-release-eula"
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================
 Package                                       Arch       Version              Repository     Size
===================================================
Installing group/module packages:
 NetworkManager-wifi                           x86_64     1:1.37.2-1.el9       baseos         75 k
 cheese                                        x86_64     2:3.38.0-6.el9       appstream      96 k
 chrome-gnome-shell                            x86_64     10.1-14.el9          appstream      33 k
 eog                                           x86_64     40.3-2.el9           appstream     3.6 M
 evince                                        x86_64     40.4-4.el9           appstream     2.8 M
 evince-nautilus                               x86_64     40.4-4.el9           appstream      20 k
 gdm                                           x86_64     1:40.1-13.el9        appstream     894 k
 gnome-bluetooth                               x86_64     1:3.34.5-3.el9       appstream      44 k
 gnome-calculator                              x86_64     40.1-2.el9           appstream     1.4 M
 gnome-characters                              x86_64     40.0-3.el9           appstream     236 k
 gnome-classic-session                         noarch     40.6-1.el9           appstream      36 k
 gnome-color-manager                           x86_64     3.36.0-7.el9         appstream     1.1 M
 gnome-control-center                          x86_64     40.0-22.el9          appstream     5.7 M
 gnome-disk-utility                            x86_64     40.2-2.el9           appstream     1.1 M
 gnome-font-viewer                             x86_64     40.0-3.el9           appstream     233 k
 gnome-initial-setup                           x86_64     40.1-2.el9           appstream     1.1 M
 gnome-logs                                    x86_64     3.36.0-6.el9         appstream     416 k

Installing dependencies:
 cheese-libs                                   x86_64     2:3.38.0-6.el9       appstream     941 k
 clutter                                       x86_64     1.26.4-7.el9         appstream     1.1 M
 clutter-gst3                                  x86_64     3.0.27-7.el9         appstream      85 k
 clutter-gtk                                   x86_64     1.8.4-13.el9         appstream      47 k
 cogl                                          x86_64     1.22.8-5.el9         appstream     505 k
 colord-gtk                                    x86_64     0.2.0-7.el9          appstream      33 k
 dbus-daemon                                   x86_64     1:1.12.20-5.el9      appstream     202 k
 dbus-tools                                    x86_64     1:1.12.20-5.el9      baseos         52 k
 evince-previewer                              x86_64     40.4-4.el9           appstream      29 k

Installing weak dependencies:
 gnome-tour                                    x86_64     40.1-1.el9           appstream     722 k
 nm-connection-editor                          x86_64     1.26.0-1.el9         appstream     838 k
 p11-kit-server                                x86_64     0.24.1-2.el9         appstream     199 k
 pinentry-gnome3                               x86_64     1.1.1-8.el9          appstream      41 k
Installing Environment Groups:
 Server with GUI
Installing Groups:
 base-x
 Container Management
 core
 fonts
 GNOME
 guest-desktop-agents
 Hardware Monitoring Utilities
 hardware-support
 Headless Management
 Internet Browser
 multimedia
 networkmanager-submodules
 print-client
 Server product core
 standard

Transaction Summary
=======================================================
Install  114 Packages

Total download size: 96 M
Installed size: 429 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y

or yum groupinstall GNOME

[root@centos9 ~]# yum grouplist
Last metadata expiration check: 3:55:48 ago on Mon 11 Apr 2022 03:26:06 AM EDT.
Available Environment Groups:

Installed Environment Groups:
   Server with GUI

Next you should change the OS default run level to 5 to make CentOS automatically start the Xserver and gdm.

To see the list of available default Login targets do:
 


[root@centos ~]# find / -name "runlevel*.target"
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel0.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel1.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel2.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel3.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel4.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/runlevel6.target

The meaning of each runlevel is as follows:

Run Level Target Units Description
0 runlevel0.target, poweroff.target Shut down and power off
1 runlevel1.target, rescue.target Set up a rescue shell
2,3,4 runlevel[234].target, multi- user.target Set up a nongraphical multi-user shell
5 runlevel5.target, graphical.target Set up a graphical multi-user shell
6 runlevel6.target, reboot.target Shut down and reboot the system


If this does not work you can try:

yum-groupinstall-gnome

[root@centos ~]#  yum -y groups install "GNOME Desktop"


7. To check the OS configured boot target
 

[root@centos ~]# systemctl get-default
multi-user.target


multi-user.target is a mode of operation that is text mode only with multiple logins supported on tty and remotely.

To change it to graphical

[root@centos ~]# systemctl set-default graphical.target


or simply link it yourself
 

[root@centos ~]# ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target

[root@centos ~]# reboot


If the X was not used so far ever, you will get a few graphial screens to accept the License Information and Finish the configuration,i .e.

1. Accept the license by clicking on the “LICENSE INFORMATION“.

2. Tick mark the “accept the license agreement” and click on “Done“.

3. Click on “FINISH CONFIGURATION” to complete the setup.
And voila GDM (Graphical Login) Greater should shine up.
 

You could also go the manual route by adding an .xinitrc file in your home directory (instead of making the graphical login screen the default, as done above with the sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target command). To do this, issue the command:

[root@centos ~]# echo "exec gnome-session" >> ~/.xinitrc

 

How to yum Install Gnome GUI, Latest Guest Addition Tools, Google Chrome latest version and rdesktop / xfreerdp / remmina remote RDP VNC clients On CentOS 7 / 8

Thursday, July 29th, 2021

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I've just reinstalled my CentOS 7 Virtual Machine since after I tried to migrate a .vdi Virtual Box image to the new company laptop using a copy of Virtualbox VM via Microsoft OneDrive was a failure.
Thus I have rebuild all my CentOS Linux programs preinstalled on the old Virtual Machines from scratch, I use this virtual machine for a very simple tasks, so basicly most imporant tools I use is a plain SSH and VNC and Remote Desktop clients just to be able to remotely connect to remote Home based server.


1.Install GNOME Graphical Environment from command line on CentOS 7 with yum and configure it to start GUI on next OS boot


I've used a minimal CentOS installation – ISO CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1908.iso and this brings up the OS with a text mode only as usually CentOS is used to roll on Servers and rarely and many times admins did not want to have GUI at all, however my case is different since I do like to use Graphical Environment as I use my CentOS for all kind of testing that can be later applied to a Production machines that doesn't have a GUI, hence to install GNOME on CentOS run below cmds:
 

[root@centos ~ ]# yum group list
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
There is no installed groups file.
Maybe run: yum groups mark convert (see man yum)
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Environment Groups:
 Minimal Install
 Compute Node
 Infrastructure Server
 File and Print Server
 Basic Web Server
 Virtualization Host
 Server with GUI
 GNOME Desktop
 KDE Plasma Workspaces
 Development and Creative Workstation
Available Groups:
 Compatibility Libraries
 Console Internet Tools
 Development Tools
 Graphical Administration Tools
 Legacy UNIX Compatibility
 Scientific Support
 Security Tools
 Smart Card Support
 System Administration Tools
 System Management
Done


[root@centos ~ ]# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop" "Graphical Administration Tools" -y


Enable GUI to be automatically start on CentOS VM boot in systemd this is configured with the "targets" instead of the well known classical runlevels (the well known /etc/inittab) is now obsolete in newer Linux distros.

[root@centos ~ ]# ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/runlevel5.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target


2. Install Guest Additions Tools on CentOS


The most basic thing to do once I've had the CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core) rolled out on the VirtualBox is of course to enable Guest Additions Tools

First I had to install of course Guest Additions Tools to allow myself to have a copy paste in clip board via the Host Machine (Windows 10) and the Guest Machine.
To do I had to:

[root@centos ~ ]# yum install kernel-headers.x86_64 -y

[root@centos ~ ]# rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

[root@centos ~ ]#  yum install perl gcc dkms kernel-devel kernel-headers make bzip2

To check the required VBoxLinuxAdditions.run script kernel headers are at place:

[root@centos ~ ]# ls -l /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)


You should get a list of kernel header files

Then once I've done the Insert Guest Additions CD Image from the VirtualBox VM upper menu. I've had to mount and load the guest additions via the script:
 

[root@centos ~ ]# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
[root@centos ~ ]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
[root@centos ~ ]# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

After rebooting the Virtual Machine, I've used the full screen functionality to test and configured immediately Shared Clipboard and Drag and Drop to be both set to (Bidirectional) as well as configured a Shared folder to provide my Windows Desktop under /mnt/shared_folder (as read write) as I usually do to be able to easily copy files from the VM and to the Windows.

3. Install Google Chrome on the CentOS Virtual Machine with yum
 

Next I've installed the chrome browser that was pretty trivial it is up to fetching the required 32 or 64 bit latest chrome binary this is usually on URL:

[root@centos ~ ]# wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

and installing Google Chrome with superuser with command:

[root@centos ~ ]# yum install ./google-chrome-stable_current_*.rpm -y

 

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Examining ./google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm: google-chrome-stable-92.0.4515.107-1.x86_64
Marking ./google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package google-chrome-stable.x86_64 0:92.0.4515.107-1 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: liberation-fonts for package: google-chrome-stable-92.0.4515.107-1.x86_64
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.digitalnova.at
 * epel: fedora.ipacct.com
 * extras: mirror.digitalnova.at
 * updates: mirror.digitalnova.at
–> Processing Dependency: libvulkan.so.1()(64bit) for package: google-chrome-stable-92.0.4515.107-1.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package liberation-fonts.noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: liberation-narrow-fonts = 1:1.07.2-16.el7 for package: 1:liberation-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch
—> Package vulkan.x86_64 0:1.1.97.0-1.el7 will be installed
–> Processing Dependency: vulkan-filesystem = 1.1.97.0-1.el7 for package: vulkan-1.1.97.0-1.el7.x86_64
–> Running transaction check
—> Package liberation-narrow-fonts.noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7 will be installed
—> Package vulkan-filesystem.noarch 0:1.1.97.0-1.el7 will be installed
–> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package                 Arch   Version         Repository                 Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 google-chrome-stable    x86_64 92.0.4515.107-1 /google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64
                                                                          259 M
Installing for dependencies:
 liberation-fonts        noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7 base                       13 k
 liberation-narrow-fonts noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7 base                      202 k
 vulkan                  x86_64 1.1.97.0-1.el7  base                      3.6 M
 vulkan-filesystem       noarch 1.1.97.0-1.el7  base                      6.3 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package (+4 Dependent packages)

Total size: 263 M
Total download size: 3.8 M
Installed size: 281 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
(1/4): liberation-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch.rpm           |  13 kB   00:00     
(2/4): liberation-narrow-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch.rpm    | 202 kB   00:00     
(3/4): vulkan-filesystem-1.1.97.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm         | 6.3 kB   00:00     
(4/4): vulkan-1.1.97.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm                    | 3.6 MB   00:00     
——————————————————————————–
Total                                              3.0 MB/s | 3.8 MB  00:01     
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
  Installing : vulkan-filesystem-1.1.97.0-1.el7.noarch                      1/5 
  Installing : vulkan-1.1.97.0-1.el7.x86_64                                 2/5 
  Installing : 1:liberation-narrow-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch               3/5 
  Installing : 1:liberation-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch                      4/5 
  Installing : google-chrome-stable-92.0.4515.107-1.x86_64                  5/5 
  Verifying  : vulkan-1.1.97.0-1.el7.x86_64                                 1/5 
  Verifying  : 1:liberation-narrow-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch               2/5 
  Verifying  : 1:liberation-fonts-1.07.2-16.el7.noarch                      3/5 
  Verifying  : google-chrome-stable-92.0.4515.107-1.x86_64                  4/5 
  Verifying  : vulkan-filesystem-1.1.97.0-1.el7.noarch                      5/5 

Installed:
  google-chrome-stable.x86_64 0:92.0.4515.107-1                                 

Dependency Installed:
  liberation-fonts.noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7                                       
  liberation-narrow-fonts.noarch 1:1.07.2-16.el7                                
  vulkan.x86_64 0:1.1.97.0-1.el7                                                
  vulkan-filesystem.noarch 0:1.1.97.0-1.el7             


4. Install usable Windows VNC and remote desktop (RDP Client) for CentOS Linux


There is a plenty of clients to choice from if you need to have an RDP client for Linux, but perhaps the most useful ones I usually use are remmina / rdesktop and freerdp. Usually I use remmina on Debian Linux, but under the VM somehow I was not able to make remmina work in Full Screen mode while connected to remote Windows 7 VPS server, thus I've first tried xfreerdp (that comes from default CentOS repositories) and is open source alternative to rdesktop (which is non free distributed binary).
 

[root@centos ~ ]$ sudo yum -y install freerdp


The basic use is:

[hipo@centos ~ ]$ xfreerdp –toggle-fullscreen <remote-server-address>


Unfortunately I did not succeeded to make xfreerdp be able to show me remote desktop in FullScreen mode so had to use additional repository package called nux-dextop to have rdesktop at my disposal.

To install it had to run:

[root@centos ~ ]# rpm –import http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro 
[root@centos ~ ]# rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-1.el7.nux.noarch.rpm    
[root@centos ~ ]# yum install rdesktop

To connect to the remote RDP host in Fullscreen with rdesktop :
 

rdesktop -f <remote-server-address>

windows-7-remote-desktop-screenshot-connected-with-rdesktop

As telnet is not installed by default and it is so useful to check ports

5. Install GNU Image Manipulation Program for better screnshotting and Graphic edits


I usually do install GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) since this is my favourite tool to make screenshot on Linux as well as do some minor graphic edits whenever necessery. I warmly recommend gimp to anyone. If you don't have basic GIMP tool and you plan to be daily working a lot with Linux sooner or later some skills with the program will be of a major use even for the most advanced sysadmin :)_

root@centos ~ ]# yum install -y gimp

 

6. Install useful administration tools for daily sysadmin work – telnet, nmap, iftop, htop, iotop, iptraf-ng, tcpdump

 

Having basic analys tools and remote communication port testing, DNS, resolving and connection, cpu, mem statistics I find mostly useful. 

[root@centos .ssh]# yum install telnet nmap iftop htop vnstat sysstat iptraf-ng bind-utils -y

 

 

7. Set Open Explorer and SHOW Desktop key binding shortcuts for GNOME (to make daily work easier)

 


Another useful I do use in my newly installed Virtual Machines is the key combination of Windows (button key) + E – to easily open the GNOME equivalent of Windows Explorer (Nautilus) and Windows (key) + D to hide the active selected Window and Show Desktop. This is configured pretty easy in GNOME through:
 

gnome-control-center

Keyboard (Section)

Perhaps there is other stuff I need to add on the freshly installed Operating System if I remember something else interesting

configure-home-folder-and-hide-all-normal-windows-gnome-key-binding-howto-screenshot

 

8. Install gnome-tweaks to tweak a bit the desktop icon positionsing and additional gnome-shell extras

[root@centos hipo]# yum install -y gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicator.noarch gnome-shell-extension-workspace-indicator.noarch gnome-shell-extension-suspend-button.noarch gnome-shell-extension-refresh-wifi.noarch gnome-shell-extension-updates-dialog.noarch gnome-shell-extension-windowoverlay-icons.noarch gnome-shell-extension-places-menu.noarch gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu.noarch gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu.noarch gnome-shell-extension-auto-move-windows.noarch gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-systemMonitor.noarch gnome-shell-extension-openweather.noarch gnome-shell-extension-user-theme.noarch gnome-shell-extension-topicons-plus.noarch


Next step is to use gnome-tweaks to set multiple custom preference stuff you like on the gnome 3.28 GUI 

 

gnome-tweak-tool1

gnome-tweak-tool2

gnome-tweak-tool3

9. Change ( Fix) timezone to correct time on the Virtual Machine

[root@localhost ~]# timedatectl 
      Local time: Fri 2021-07-30 12:20:51 CEST
  Universal time: Fri 2021-07-30 10:20:51 UTC
        RTC time: Fri 2021-07-30 10:20:48
       Time zone: Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)
     NTP enabled: yes
NTP synchronized: yes
 RTC in local TZ: no
      DST active: yes
 Last DST change: DST began at
                  Sun 2021-03-28 01:59:59 CET
                  Sun 2021-03-28 03:00:00 CEST
 Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
                  Sun 2021-10-31 02:59:59 CEST
                  Sun 2021-10-31 02:00:00 CET

[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /etc/localtime
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 35 Jul 29 14:03 /etc/localtime -> ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin


To change to correct timezone, you need to find out the long name for the timezone you want to use. The timezone naming convention usually uses “Region/City” format.

To list all available time zones, you can either list the files in the /usr/share/zoneinfo directory or use the timedatectl command.

[root@centos ~]# timedatectl list-timezones|tail -n 10
Pacific/Pohnpei
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Pacific/Rarotonga
Pacific/Saipan
Pacific/Tahiti
Pacific/Tarawa
Pacific/Tongatapu
Pacific/Wake
Pacific/Wallis
UTC


As I'm situated in Sofia Bulgaria to set the correct timezone to UTC (Universal Time Clock)  + 2 Hrs, i've checked the correct Continent/Country like so:

[root@centos ~]# timedatectl list-timezones|grep -i Sofia
Europe/Sofia

Once I've my Capital / Country time location  identified to set to it:

[root@centos ~]# timedatectl set-timezone your_time_zone

 

10. Configure remote connection hostname SSH aliases via ssh config ( ~/.ssh/config)

 


I'm having separate Virtual Machines running on my OpenXen virtualization Hypervisor server at different ports which I remember by heart under different hostnames, this saves me time to always type on command line long commands such as:
 

 

 

#  ssh long-hostname -p Port_number

 to make accessibility to remote machines via a simple Hostname Aliases, that forwards to remote port (that gets forwarded via a Local Network configure Netwrork Address Translation), I use the .ssh/config nice Host / Hostname / User / Port directives like below samples:

[hipo@centos .ssh]$ cat config 
Host pcfreak
User root
Port 2248
HostName 83.228.93.76

Host freak
User root
Port 2249
HostName 213.91.190.233


Host pcfrxenweb
User root
Port 2251
Hostname 83.228.93.76

Host pcfrxen
User root
Port 2250
Hostname 213.91.190.233

Now to connect to pcfrxen for example I simply type:

ssh pcfrxen

type in the password to remote VM and I'm in 🙂

The same could be achieved also with Adding Custom Hostname IP Aliases via ~/.bashrc or iteration script as I've explained earlier that fakes like custom /etc/hosts, but I usuaully prefer to use .ssh/config instead like explained above.

Note that above steps should work also on RHEL / Fedora Linux with a minor modifications, as usually this two distros share the RPM package manager. If someone tries to follow the guide and have success on any of this distros please drop a comment with feedback.