Japanese Language Settings for RHEL 7.x / CentOS 7.x / RHOCP 3.x

You can create an image of the English Linux OS provided by the service and use it in Japanese.

Supported OS:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x 64bit (English) (x is a number)
  • CentOS 7.x 64bit (English) (x is a number)
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.x (English) (x is a number)

Log in to the virtual server that you want to use in Japanese and configure the following settings:

Time Zone Settings

Change the setting of the time zone to "Asia/Tokyo."

  1. Execute the following command:
    # timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Tokyo

  2. To confirm that the command has been completed successfully, execute the following command:

    # timedatectl status 
      Local time: Mon 2016-08-01 18:57:37 JST 
  Universal time: Mon 2016-08-01 09:57:37 UTC 
        RTC time: Mon 2016-08-01 09:57:36 
       Time zone: Asia/Tokyo (JST, +0900) 
     NTP enabled: yes 
NTP synchronized: no 
 RTC in local TZ: no 
      DST active: n/a

Changing the Language

Execute the following command:

# localectl set-locale LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8

Changing the Keyboard Layout

  1. Execute the following command:
    # localectl set-keymap jp106

  2. To confirm that the command has been completed successfully, execute the following command:

    # localectl status 
   System Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8 
       VC Keymap: jp106 
      X11 Layout: jp 
       X11 Model: jp106

Reflecting Changed Settings

When you have completed all of the changes, shut down the virtual server and make sure that it has entered SHUTOFF state before you start it.

Important: Because settings may not be reflected if you restart, you must shut down the system entirely and then start it.