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1- Ubuntu Server
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Ubuntu Server is a free open-source operating system. When you need a server to deploy applications,
Ubuntu Server will be a good choice.
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By default, when
Ubuntu Server has been already installed, it has no graphical user interface. And you have to use the
Command Line to work with it.
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After you have aalready installed
Ubuntu Server, you have 2 options:
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Install PuTTY on your computer (See more in the Appendix in the bottom of the post).
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Putty is an application allowing you to remotely connect to
Ubuntu Server and to run the
Command Line on
Putty to interact with
Ubuntu Server.
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Install the graphical interface for Ubuntu Server.
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As mentioned above, by default, when
Ubuntu Server has been already installed, it has no graphical user interface. However, you can install it as an extra option and install
VNC Server to remotely control it (It is similar to that you use the
Remote function between computers using the
Windows operating system).
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2- Download Ubuntu 16
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To download
Ubuntu Server, you access the address:
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Until now, the latest version is
Ubuntu Server 16.10, we will download and install this version.
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Note: If you want to search for other versions, let's enter the link below:
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The result you get after having already downloaded:
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3- Installing Ubuntu Server on VmWare
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In this post installed
Ubuntu Server on VMware version 12.
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Name the virtual machine and select installation location
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Next, you need to specify the hard drive capacity for
Ubuntu. Here I set is
45GB.
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Bạn có thể hiệu chỉnh số lượng
RAM cấp cho
Unbuntu Server:
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Point to the file location to install
Ubuntu Server that you have just downloaded.
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Start installing:
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Ubuntu Server has been installing:
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Next, set
hostname for
Ubuntu Server, such as
abc.com or
myubuntu,...
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Create a user, the user is used to log in the
Ubuntu OS after having been installed.
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Enter the password for the user.
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Configure hard drive partition.
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Ubuntu Server has been installing:
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Next, there are some options you can install, it depends on your purpose, select the softwares that you want to install and press Enter.
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Now, you have installed
Ubuntu Server successfully.
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4- Using Ubuntu Server
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After installation, the Ubuntu OS will be started.
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Note that
Ubuntu Server has no user interface, so you have to work with it via Command Line. Firstly, you need to log in the system:
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Successfully logged:
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For example, you can use the command line below to check the version of the OS.
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Or use the command
"ifconfig" to check the
IP of Server.
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5- Install PuTTY
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Putty is a tool that allows you to remotely connect to
Ubuntu Server, and send the commands to
Ubuntu Server.
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You can see more at "How to install and use Putty".
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