hacked together centos template configuration script for VM provisioning

template-config-centos.txt

#References
https://lonesysadmin.net/2013/03/26/preparing-linux-template-vms/
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/sect-Guest_virtual_machine_disk_access_with_offline_tools-Using_virt_sysprep.html
http://everything-virtual.com/2016/05/06/creating-a-centos-7-2-vmware-gold-template/

#Installed using latest CentOS 7 minimal media (June 6th)
#Enabled SELinux to the second option (default policies, minimum basically)
yum update -y

#Install these packages:
yum install open-vm-tools epel-release -y
yum install sysstat screen mlocate python-simplejson python-pip \
            libselinux-python net-tools perl git -y

#Run this script:
#Part 1
/sbin/service rsyslog stop
/sbin/service auditd stop
/bin/package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=1

#Install vRA Guest Agent (if using with vRA)
https://<vra-server>/software/download/prepare_vra_template.sh

#Part 2
/usr/bin/yum clean all
/usr/sbin/logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf
/bin/rm -f /var/log/*-???????? /var/log/*.gz
/bin/rm -f /var/log/dmesg.old
/bin/rm -rf /var/log/anaconda
/bin/cat /dev/null > /var/log/audit/audit.log
/bin/cat /dev/null > /var/log/wtmp
/bin/cat /dev/null > /var/log/lastlog
/bin/cat /dev/null > /var/log/grubby
/bin/sed -i '/^(HWADDR|UUID)=/d' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
/bin/rm -rf /tmp/*
/bin/rm -rf /var/tmp/*
/bin/rm -f /etc/ssh/*key*
/bin/rm -f ~root/.bash_history
unset HISTFILE
/bin/rm -rf ~root/.ssh/
/bin/rm -f ~root/anaconda-ks.cfg
history -c

#Part 3 - This will cause power off immediately
sys-unconfig