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--- technical:26.04_ultimate_ubuntu_server_install [2026/06/02 22:36] – created mark_scottworld.net
+++ technical:26.04_ultimate_ubuntu_server_install [2026/06/03 02:46] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 You will be asked.
+  Select Language - (English UK)
+  Select Keyboard Layout. - (English UK)
+  Select Ubuntu Server - not the minimized version.
+  Check the box for Third Party Drivers (to install things like NVIDIA drivers etc)
+  You can leave the Network Configuration as default - This will set up the network for DHCP (using IPv4 and IPV6) We will be modifying this later.
+  Proxy address if you have one.
+  (the install will check the mirror) - once it is on the network.
+  Use the entire disk for the OS when asked - it will create the relevent partitions.
+  Leave the checkbox for an LVM group - (no need to Encrypt)
+===== Profile Configuration =====
+  Your name
+  Your servers name
+  Username of the Admin
+  Password (and confirmation)
+===== Upgrade to Ubuntu Pro =====
+Skip ubuntu pro option (we can do that later)
+===== SSH Configuration =====
+Install the SSH server when prompted so you can get remote access.
+===== Install Third Party Drivers ====
+Install any third party drivers if required
+===== Featured server snaps =====
+When asked to install snaps do not select any.
+===== Disk Partitioning =====    Move this up above Admin user
+When prompted choose
+  Use An Entire Disk
+This will configure the system disk, with automatic boot / root / swap partitions. You can specify extra disks later and mount them if needed.
+You can also enter manual mode and select other disks and choose your mount points. You may want to set up LV volumes if you want to resize partitions later.
+If you want to be safe, disconnect all disks apart from the one on which you want the do the install, (then add them later)
+<code>
+root@solaris:/home/sysadmin# lsblk
+NAME                    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
+sda                       8:0    0   3.6T  0 disk /srv/media
+sdb                       8:16   0  12.7T  0 disk
+├─vg--backup-lv--cctv   252:0    0     1T  0 lvm  /srv/cctv
+└─vg--backup-lv--backup 252:1    0  11.7T  0 lvm  /srv/backup
+sdc                       8:32   0   3.6T  0 disk
+└─vg--data-lv--data     252:2    0     3T  0 lvm  /srv/data
+sr0                      11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
+nvme0n1                 259:0    0 465.8G  0 disk
+├─nvme0n1p1             259:1    0     1G  0 part /boot/efi
+└─nvme0n1p2             259:2    0 464.7G  0 part /
+</code>
+You can edit the disk partitions before submitting to add further disks at specific mount points.
+Mount points used were.. (which in this case were manually configured as I did not want to lose existing data)
+Prolong the life of SSDs with
+  nano /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
+And add this line
+  vm.swappiness=20
+Make live with
+  systemctl restart procps.service
+You can check it is applied with
+  cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
+===== Allow IP routing internally =====
+  nano /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf
+Add the following line.
+  net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+Then to load this restart the procps service...
+  systemctl restart procps.service
+===== Network Interface Configuration (Netplan) =====
+Configure a network bridge to present a single interface to the world, this is handy for VMs / VPNs etc. as we only need to reference the bridge. (br0:) - and means we can swap the network interface out without changing all the apps. 26.04 uses netplan to configure its network configuration.
+The following steps will set up a bridge with a static IP address. The interface is br0
+Change to the netplan directory.
+NOTE: You may need to set the DNS server to be the local router - until you have set up BIND, then you can go back and edit this again.
+  cd /etc/netplan
+  nano 00-solaris.yaml  (default netplan config)
+Content of the 00-solaris.yaml
+<code>
+# This is the network config made for solaris
+network:
+  version: 2
+  renderer: networkd
+  ethernets:
+    en01: {}
+  bridges:
+    br0:
+      critical: true
+      dhcp4: false
+      addresses: [ 10.3.200.1/16 ]
+      routes:
+       - to: default
+         via: 10.3.1.1
+      nameservers:
+        search: [ scottworld.net ]
+        addresses: [ 10.3.200.1 ]
+      interfaces: [ en01 ]
+      parameters:
+        stp: false
+      # Disable IPv6
+      dhcp6: false
+      accept-ra: no
+      link-local: []
+</code>
+Disable the cloud network configuration.
+  touch /etc/cloud/cloud-init.disabled
+You can check it with
+  cloud-init status
+Update the permissions on the netplan config to remove the global r/w permissions
+  chomd 600 /etc/netplan/00-solaris.yaml
+Apply the changes
+  netplan --debug apply
+Reboot and check the network configuration with
+  ip addr
+You should have an interface of br0: with the ip you specified.
+<code>
+: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
+    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
+    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000
+    link/ether 52:54:00:eb:cb:22 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    altname enx525400ebcb22
+: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
+    link/ether e2:d0:4d:d7:1f:0d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    inet 10.3.200.10/16 brd 10.3.255.255 scope global br0
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+</code>
+Edit the file
+  nano /etc/hosts
+Comment out the entry for 127.0.1.1 and replace it with a Global server value.
+.3.200.1 solaris.scottworld.net solaris