Ubuntu 12.04 install
Note: I’m setting up an English system on a Japanese computer
Easy Breezy –> Here’s a quick and dirty on installing Ubuntu Server 12.04. Detailed install instructions are a dime a dozen on the Net, so if you want more than this – pick your own poison. (One recommended site: OS Installation http://linuxhomeserverguide.com/initial/OSInstall.php)
Selected OS: Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 64 Bit (Precise Pangolin)
Put the CD in the drive and start up the server. Choose the following:
Language: English
Keymap: Japanese
Choose: Install Ubuntu Server
Language: English
Location: Japan
No locale defined for combination of language and country. Select preference for selected language:
United States: en.US.UTF-8
Hostname: YourHostName
User Full Name: Your Name
Username: You
Password: YourPass
Encrypt?: No
Time Zone: Asia → Tokyo → Correct?: Yes
Partition Disks
Guided – Use the entire disk and setup LVM
Select Disk (Volume Group Name: YourVolumeGroup)
Amount of volume group to use for guided partitioning:
Highest: 499.7 GB
Lowest: 2.6 GB
Chose: 100 GB (Due to settings detailed in the linuxhomeserver site)
Write changes to disk? → Yes
All I installed was the server, no ssh, no lamp, no nothing.
Then you install Webmin:
Login
Upgrade
Reboot
Login
cd .. x2
cd tmp
sudo wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh
sudo chmod ./install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
Fully qualified hostname: yourhostname.com
sudo shutdown -r 1 (reboot in 1 minute)
Upgrade & shutdown again if necessary
Log in to Webmin
turn off BIND DNS server (because I’m behind a NAT)
edit /etc/postfix/main.cf
“mydestination” line, and add your system’s hostname to the end (fixes the mail error)
set up DYNDNS cron in virtualmin addresses & networking
create local volumes
gaijinagain 50GB
mediaserv 100GB
Create file systems & Mount (See web page & other instructions)
Can do this in webmin if you create files (changed default to rw)
Reboot
Check mail looking for errors
cron error awstats (see file)
Okay, there’s the grit of it. I’ll get into more detail in a rewrite at a later date, but right now I’ve got a date with Abercrombie’s “Red Country.”
