Revision as of 10:31, 24 February 2009

Installation and Configuration of Ubuntu Server

A little project:

Essentially we are going to need to try and incorporate all our skills to set up a network that makes use of both Windows Server 200X as well as linux and various clients.

I will here describe how I set up the Ubuntu Server, so it will work with the services I've chosen for it.

These includes: DNS
DHCP
Router (Sharing internet and generally acts as a router)
Firewall

Later on I will add support for Active Directory, so it will work with the Windows Server in the topology later on. Since the Ubuntu server will be the server out to the grand world, I will start with it. Also, a good idea is ALWAYS to start with DNS.

I'm editing everything with VIM - but a standard Ubuntu version only gets a very small version of it, so I will start out with:

sudo apt-get install vim

I have not installed any packages upon installation, so everything will be fresh.

Just for the fun of it, I'm going to make use of the latest stable build from the Ubuntu developers. This can be done by typing:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Remember, this is an experimental build so do not make use of it if you got a solid system already going.