diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 599583db5cfa8394001069a944902ebea2fe63a7..4a890cf8e7899d168c43b50f89662f48ae81c933 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -11,32 +11,33 @@
 # One user added: gliders, pw: gliders9876
 
 # As root:
-yum check-update
-yum install epel-release  # enables 'enterprise' software repo
-yum update
+yum check-update -y
+yum install -y epel-release  # enables 'enterprise' software repo
+yum update -y 
 
 # Install needed tools
-yum install git rsync wget vim ansible tmux htop iotop dstat lsof telnet
+yum install -y git rsync wget vim ansible tmux htop iotop dstat lsof telnet
 
 # And inotify tools
-yum install inotify-tools incron
+yum install -y inotify-tools incron
 
 # And development tools (needed to compile python libs from pip)
-yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
+yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
 
 # Install python libraries
-yum install python-inotify numpy python-matplotlib python-virtualenv python-pip python-pandas libffi-devel
+yum install -y python-inotify numpy python-matplotlib python-virtualenv python-pip python-pandas libffi-devel
 pip install css-html-js-minify
 pip install bcrypt
 
 # Install (& configure) sendmail
 # This isn't needed yet! But eventually we'd like to have theystem
 # email people alerts for things (e.go velogs an alarm)
-yum install sendmail sendmail-cf m4
+yum install -y sendmail sendmail-cf m4
 systemctl enable sendmail
 
 # Install & config MariaDB (MySQL)
-yum install mariadb mariadb-server mariadb-devel
+yum install -y mariadb mariadb-server mariadb-devel
+systemctl start mariadb.service
 mysql_secure_installation
 # ^ mariadb root pw was set to gliders9876, anon users + test db removed,
 # remote root login disabled
@@ -44,18 +45,18 @@ systemctl enable mariadb
 
 # Install ElasticSearch
 # (Used for full-text searching of glider log files)
-yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk
+yum install -y java-1.8.0-openjdk
 rpm --import https://packages.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
 cp elasticsearch.repo /etc/yum/repos.d/
-yum check-update
-yum install elasticsearch
+yum check-update -y 
+yum install -y elasticsearch
 systemctl enable elasticsearch
 
 # Install SQLAlchemy
-yum install MySQL-python python-sqlalchemy
+yum install -y MySQL-python python-sqlalchemy
 
 # Install PHP
-yum install php php-fpm php-apc php-pdo php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-pecl-runkit
+yum install -y php php-fpm php-apc php-pdo php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-pecl-runkit
 cp php.ini /etc/php.ini
 cp php-d-fpm.ini /etc/php.d/fpm.ini
 cp php-fpm-www.conf /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ systemctl enable php-fpm
 
 # Install NodeJS, NPM, Bower and some tools for shrinking down
 # javascript and CSS
-yum install nodejs npm
+yum install -y nodejs npm
 npm install -g bower
 npm install -g uglifyjs
 npm install -g uglifycss
@@ -76,8 +77,8 @@ npm install -g uglifycss
 
 # FOR NGINX
 # Based on https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-nginx-on-centos-7
-yum check-update
-yum install nginx
+yum check-update -y 
+yum install -y nginx
 useradd -m gliders
 gpasswd -a nginx gliders
 gpasswd -a apache gliders
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ systemctl enable nginx
 # Install fail2ban: This is some intrusion detection software
 # that can help to block people trying to do brute-force
 # logins etc.
-yum install fail2ban
+yum install -y fail2ban
 systemctl enable fail2ban
 
 # Allow web through the firewall
@@ -116,5 +117,5 @@ timedatectl set-ntp true
 # has a tendency to do this, which causes the occasional
 # gateway timeout when registering / changing user passwords
 # on the website.
-yum install haveged
+yum install -y haveged
 systemctl enable haveged