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HowdoIinstallUbuntuServer(stepbystep)

I'dliketoinstallUbuntuserveronmymachine,isthereastepbystepinstructionsonhowtoaccomplishthatoraguidethatwilljustgo
throughthebasicstepsofinstallingUbuntuServerfrombeginningtoend.
Instructionsoriginallyfor13.04.
systeminstallation

editedMar6'14at1:58

askedSep3'13at17:47
Mitch

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First,youwillneedtodownloadthecurrentversionofUbuntuServer.A64bitversionis
recommended,butyoucanalsodownloada32bitversionHere.Oncedownloadedyouneedto
createabootableCD/DVDorUSBflash.
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Oncedone,putthediscinyourdrive,orinserttheUSBflash,andrebootyourmachine.Make
surethatyousetyourBIOStobooteitherfromtheCD/DVDorUSBflashdependingonwhich
installationmethodyouchoose.
Oncebooted,justfollowthestepsshownintheimagesbelow.

Onthefirstscreenyoucanchooseyoulanguageofinstall.

SelectInstallUbuntuServer.

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Selectthelanguageusedfortheinstallationprocess.

Selectyourgeographicallocation.

Configureyourkeyboard.Ichoosenotomanuallychoosethekeyboard.

IchoosetheEnglish(US)forcountryorigin.

IchoosetheEnglish(US)keyboardlayout.

AtthispointthesystemwilldetectthehardwaretofindaCDROMdrive.

Atthisstep,theinstallationwilldetectandloadanyadditionalcomponent.

Atthisstep,theinstallationwilldetectthenetworkhardware.

Typeinthehostnameyouwanttoconfigureyourserveras.

Typeintheuser'sname.

Typeinapasswordfortheusername.

Choosewhethertoencryptyourhomedirectoryornot.IrecommendselectingNoIrecommend

selectingNobecauseitmakesiteasiertodorecoveryifneededincaseacorruptionofdata
happens.

Configureclock,andtimezone.

Atthispoint,theinstallationisdetectingdisks,andotherhardware.

Atthisstageiswereyoupartitionyourdisk(s).SelectGuidedasitisthedefaultmethod.

Selectthepartitionofyourchoice,isthisinstallationitstheSCSI1.

SelectYestostartwritingthechangestodisks,andconfigureLVM.

AnswerYestoactuallywritethechangestodisk.

Theinstallationiscopyingdataatthisstage.

AtthisstagetheinstallationisconfiguringAptSources.List.

ThisiswereyoucanconfigureaProxy.IselectContinuesinceI'mnotusingaproxy.

Theinstallationisselectingthesoftwarebeinginstalled.

Thisiswhereyouconfigurehowtoinstallupdates.Ichoosetheautomaticmethod.

Youcanchooseonetheseoptionatthetimeofinstallorlater.ifyouselectcontinue,youcan
manuallychoosewhatyouwanttoinstalllater.

Cleaningupisbeingdone.

StartingtheinstallationofGrub

SelectYestoinstallgrubtotheMasterBootRecord

Finishingtheinstallation.SelectcontinueandremovethediskorUSB.

You'redone.Rebootyourmachine,andtypeinyourusernameyoucreatedearlier,andyour
passwordtologin.Thatisit,youarenowloggedintoyournewUbuntuserver!

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answeredSep3'13at17:49
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Wow,greatanswer.Howdidyougetthescreenshots?Seth Sep5'13at22:36
@SethOMG!virtualbox,vmware,qemu,KMV,youpickone)BraiamSep5'13at22:45
@BraiamMan...Ididn'teventhinkofthose...duh.Seth Sep5'13at22:48
@SethIusedVirtualBox. Mitch Sep6'13at7:26

protectedbyBraiamMar6'14at1:59
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