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Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) minimal server installation tutorial This tutorial shows how to install an Ubuntu 14.10 minimal server. The purpose of the guide is to show a basic installation of Ubuntu 14.10 that can be used as basis for the other Ubuntu 14.10 tutorials here at howtoforge like the perfect server tutorials.

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By: thctlo
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Hai,

some pointers at : 3. The Base System first screen,

Press F6, and choose minimal install, and expert

later on. : Enter the hostname the hostname is not correct
how you use it. hostname = hostname and not hostname.domainname.tld ( thats FQDN )
yes, ubuntu can handle the hostname in fqdn in /etc/hostname but depending if "gethostname" or gethostbyname is called by programs, you setup can go wrong.

for every other packages you install use --no-install-recommends like : apt-get install openssh-server --no-install-recommends and now its really minimal.

cleanup after.
/etc/init.d/apparmor stop
/etc/init.d/apparmor teardown
update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
apt-get remove --purge apparmor apparmor-utils laptop-detect accountsservice command-not-found command-not-found-data ppp os-prober resolvconf
and clean up all the crap ubuntu installs...

 

By: uqbar
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A few fixes.

1. OpenSSH (server, the client gets installed anyway) is enabled by default. So there's no need to install it later. Moreover, in a server oriented installation it wouldn't make any sense to disable ssh.

 

2. You don't need to "enable" root password. sudo is your friend (with full blown logging capabilities).

 

3. "google-public-dns-b.google.com" resolves to 8.8.4.4 and not 8.8.8.4.4 (which is not an IP but a DNS itself).

 

4. You don't need to edit /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts or /etc/network/interfaces. It can all nbe done at installation time. And you hardly will need to do those edits later, anyway.