Comments on How to Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Minimal Server

Best to use a random userid for that login, perhaps admin5443238.  No reason to use a commonly used userid that will be expected for remote ssh access.

For those interested,These are the "server" images that has the same installation procedure as the screenshots from this tutorial: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/18.04/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-amd64.iso OR http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04-server-amd64.iso There are also new "live-server" images which installs faster but have more limited install options and a different installer:http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.iso OR http://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.isoAnd then there is the netboot image: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

You dont need the server image to install a minimal system. You can download the minimal "desktop" iso for 64 bit and even 32 bit from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD

I can't save my changes to 01-netcfg.yaml this tells me I don't have write permission how to fix this?

Then you don't have admin privileges. Use 'sudo -s' to become root user or prepend the sudo command to the command that you use to edit the file.

Would it be possible to re-write this guide using the new Ubuntu 18.04 GUI? Now black and orange vs the purple. Thanks in advance 

The screenshots are from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as shown in the guide. You seem to mix up an Ubuntu Desktop (GUI) with a server here, this tutorial shows the installation of a minimal server without GUI and therefore it uses the command line installer which has the color scheme as shown in the guide.

 The links to the distros that that contain the same "server" images used in this tutorial are no longer available, and the new quicker installation proceedure will not allow me to enter numbers or other characters in the computer name or passwords.This may confuse many people.

 

I've updated the download links. The server images for the traditional apt installer used in this guide are still available from Ubuntu.

Good Day:

 

What if upgrading from older version of Ubuntu Server (14 to 16 to 18). In my case, there is no 01-netcfg.yaml. Should I just generate the new file with nano and go from there? What happens with the old configuration file (the one used in my current configuration)?

 

Regards,

 

Luis

 apt update

Err:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease

  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

Err:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease

  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.162 80]

Err:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease

  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

All packages are up to date.

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-security/InRelease  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.162 80]

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/InRelease  Connection failed [IP: 91.189.88.149 80]

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

 

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main

Your server has either a network connection problem or the Ubuntu repository server was temporarily down. But the first is the more likely reason.

Hello,

This topic is really annoying because it have nothing to do with what is called "Minimal server"

https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release/

ubuntu-18.04-minimal-cloudimg-amd64.img 15-Aug-2018 09:07 158M Ubuntu Server minimized image builds

You describe standart Ubuntu Server installation. Not helping with the Minimized image.

If you can change the title, google won't be fooled anymore.

thank you

Franck

Yes, it fooled me.

Great tutorial!

One question plz. I have a kvm vps and i used this tutorial to install ubuntu. I guess my ip is given through the host os right? So i leave the setting at dhcp as they are?

Thanks!

I've used the mini.iso to do the install and noticed that it takes up 1.8G for the install. I thought it was supposed to be under/about ~300MB? I have not installed any packages from the list.

Hi,

When I try to install. It jumps to selection of keyborad selelection after second screenshot in the article. I go back to the main menu to select language and region. However, it refuses to select. I am failing to make Ubuntu server work on Dell PowerEdge.

Thanks

No, that is not what the Ubuntu server (Bionic Beaver ubuntu-18.04.3-live-server) installation looks like. I have tried installing it. It uses snaps, and finally i got the to the screen where it asked me if I wanted to install any snaps, and then it failed again with "An error has occurred in the installation". After five failures, I threw the DVD I had made in the trash. I don't know why the Ubuntu people feel compelled to change what works to something else with every release. I hear that Linix Mint works pretty well.

This is NOT a minimal server (as per the title of the page). To get a minimal server, after selecting language you have to press F4 and choose "install a minimal system".