After the reboot you can login with your previously created username (e.g. admin). Because we must run all the steps from this tutorial as root user, we must enable the root account now.
Run
sudo passwd root
and give root a password. Afterwards we become root by running
su
4 Install The SSH Server
Ubuntu does not install OpenSSH by default, therefore we do it now. Run
apt-get install ssh openssh-server
You will be prompted to insert the installation CD again.
5 Configure The Network
Because the Ubuntu installer has configured our system to get its network settings via DHCP, we have to change that now because a server should have a static IP address. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and adjust it to your needs (in this example setup I will use the IP address 192.168.0.100):
vi /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
Now run
hostname hostname -f
Both should show server1.example.com. If they do not, reboot the system:
shutdown -r now
Afterwards, run
hostname hostname -f
again. Now they should show server1.example.com.
From now on you can use an SSH client such as PuTTY and connect from your workstation to your Ubuntu server and follow the remaining steps from this tutorial.
6 Edit /etc/apt/sources.list And Update Your Linux Installation
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list. Comment out the CD and enable some of the other repositories. It should look like this:
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
# # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release i386 (20060531)]/ dapper main restricted
deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the ## distribution. deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security ## team. deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports' ## repository. ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features. ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team. # deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse # deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
