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---++ Installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS

Please note: This instruction was created for my personal use. Feel free to follow it, but I am not responsible for any problems or data loss!

Download the Ubuntun 12.04 Server LTS install CD from: http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ubuntu-12.04.4-server-amd64.iso. Check the MD5 sum by running md5sum on ubuntu-12.04.4-server-amd64.iso and compare the result to the MD5 sums at: http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/precise/MD5SUMS.

Boot from the install CD.

Select to boot in English and select Install Ubuntu Server.
   * Use English to use during the installation
   * Select Country: other; Europe; Netherlands
   * Select Country Locale Settings: United States (en_US.UTF-8)
   * Detect keyboard layout: No
   * Country for the keyboard: English (US)
   * Keyboard layout: English (US)
   * Select the correct network interface to use for Internet access
   * Enter the desired hostname
   * Enter the full name for the user to be created
   * Enter the new user username
   * Enter the password for the new user (twice)
   * Choose whether to encrypt the home directory
   * A timezone has been select, based on your location. Check whether it is set correctly
   * Select Manaul Partitioning
   * You may be asked to create a new partition table on the disk, select: Yes
   * Create a primary partition for the OS (/), using ext4 and enable the "noatime" option (under mount options), set the Bootable flag to On
   * Create a primate partition for swap space (create a swap partition as large as the amount of memory you have)
   * Write changes to disk: Yes
   * Enter your proxy information to configure the Package Manager (when needed, otherwise, leave empty)
   * Select: No automatic updates
   * At the Software selection screen, select: !OpenSSH server
   * Wait for the installation to finish
   * Install the GRUB bootloader to the master boot record: Yes
   * Reboot the machine and remove the install CD

   * Log in to the system using the user you created and become root using: sudo su -
   * Set a password for the root user, using: passwd root. You should now be able to log in as root
   * Check the network settings in /etc/network/interfaces. Activate any new interfaces by running: ifup <interface>
   * Make sure root cannot log in via ssh by changing /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
      * =PermitRootLogin without-password=
      * This will disable logging in as root, via ssh, but it is still possible to log in as root using SSH public key authentication.
   * Uncomment the following line in /etc/default/grub: =GRUB_TERMINAL=console=
   * Update the GRUB configuration file by running: =update-grub=
   * Edit /etc/rc.local and add the following line: =/usr/bin/setterm -blank 0= This will prevent the screen from going black, which may be helpful in case of a kernel problem. 
   * Add the following line to the end of /etc/profile:
<verbatim>
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
</verbatim>
   * uncomment the following line in /etc/vim/vimrc: =set background=dark=
   * Disable console-setup by running: =update-rc.d -f console-setup remove=
   * Change the following lines in /etc/default/console-setup:
<verbatim>
FONTFACE=""
FONTSIZE=""
</verbatim>
   * Update the system by running: =apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade=
   * Install a number of extra packages:
<verbatim>
apt-get install iotop sysstat ntp iptraf apt-file
</verbatim>
   * Fetch the packages index for apt-file, by running: =apt-file update=
   * Remove the following installed packages:
<verbatim>
dpkg --purge bash-completion command-not-found command-not-found-data
</verbatim>
   * Reboot the system to activate all changes

-- Main.IvoVanGeel - 12 Feb 2014
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Topic revision: r2 - 12 Feb 2014 - IvoVanGeel