this is a list of general rpms that should be installed on all boxes

general-list-of-rpms.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -ex
yum install -y bind-utils    # contains the dig command for doing dns lookups. 
yum install -y epel-release
yum install -y vim
yum install -y facter
yum install -y bash-completion
yum install -y man-pages
yum install -y tree
yum install -y gdisk   # better alternative to fdisk. Works for >2TB block devices. 
yum install -y nc
yum install -y jq
yum install -y unzip
yum install -y git
yum install -y htop
yum install -y wget
yum install -y bash-completion-extras
yum install -y mtr
yum install -y traceroute
yum install -y iputils
yum install -y strace
yum install -y lsof
yum install -y tcpdump
yum install -y ansible
yum install -y psmisc    # contains the pstree command.