--- doc/build/RHEL7_install.frag	2014/06/30 16:06:30	1.2
+++ doc/build/RHEL7_install.frag	2019/12/03 00:46:07	1.4
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ 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
@@ -118,6 +121,12 @@ system-config-firewall-tui
 
 <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>
@@ -140,6 +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>