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Summary

• Server installs.

Procedure

Default installation

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu

5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk

6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password
8. No software selection.
9. Reboot and login.

Bind9

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: DNS Server

9. Reboot and login.
10. Confirm that bind is running:

    • pgrep named

      should return the pid of named.

LAMP

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: LAMP

9. Reboot and login.

10. Test Apache:

    • Execute

      w3m http://127.0.0.1/

      in a terminal and verify that it's not a 404 error page.

11. Test MySQL

    • Execute

      mysql -u root -p

      in a terminal. You should then be presented with a mysql prompt mysql>  where you can enter mysql commands. Some commands you can use to verify the installation are show databases;, connect mysql;, show tables;, and select * from user;:

      • show databases; connect mysql; show tables; select * from user;

Default installation: LVM partitioning

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu

5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk and LVM

6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password
8. No software selection.
9. Reboot and login.
10. Make sure that the root file system is mounted from /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root:

    • sudo mount

Mail server

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)
2. Select preferred language

3. Select Install to hard disk

4. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
5. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
8. User account: enter username and password

9. Software selection: Mail Server

10. Select configuration for Postfix (generally should be "Internet" or "Internet with smarthost")
11. Reboot and login
12. Confirm that postfix is running:

    • telnet 127.0.0.1 25

      should connect to postfix. Type "quit" to disconnect.
13. Confirm that dovecot pop3 and imap servers are running:

    • sudo netstat -ltnp | grep dovecot

      should list 4 dovecot instances (port 110, 143, 993 and 995).
14. Send a test email:

    • echo foo | mail -s 'test' ${USER} 

    • Start

      mutt

      - the test email should be in the inbox.

Openssh server

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: Openssh Server

9. Reboot and login.
10. Confirm that sshd is running:

    • pgrep sshd

      should return the pid of sshd.
    • If you can, try to connect to the server from a remote client.

PostgreSQL Database Server

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: PostgreSQL Database

9. Reboot and login.
10. Check that the database is running:

    sudo -u postgres psql -l

    should return a list of databases.
11. Create a database user:

    • sudo -u postgres createuser -DRS ${USER} 

      should create a user.
12. Create a database:

    • sudo -u postgres createdb -O ${USER} ${USER}_db

      should create a database.
13. Connect to the database:

    • psql ${USER}_db

      should start a psql shell connected to the database.

Print server

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: Print Server

9. Reboot and login.

10. Test cups:

    • sudo /etc/init.d/cups status

      should state the cupsd is running.

Samba server

1. Boot CD and run the CD self-check (then reboot)

2. Select Install to hard disk

3. Choose your language, country and keyboard layout
4. Set hostname: default - ubuntu
5. Partition disks: Guided use entire disk
6. Select your time zone and set the system clock to UTC
7. User account: enter username and password

8. Software selection: Samba Server

9. Reboot and login.
10. Confirm that samba is running:

    • pgrep smbd, pgrep nmbd, pgrep winbindd should return the pid of the different processes:

      pgrep smbd; pgrep nmbd; pgrep winbindd