Insert the bootable Media and ensure that the machine will read from it during boot. Select the Language you desire and then Install Ubuntu Server. Again you are prompted for language but this is the installation language rather than the page instructions, key up or down and then press Enter, select your country and then select Yes to detect the keyboard layout before following the instructions. Once you are happy that the correct keyboard layout has been generated, click Continue, give your server a name and click Continue. Enter the Name of the User you wish to create, followed by the Username and hit Continue for each. Enter a Password for the user and click Continue, then enter the Password again to confirm it and hit Continue, before selecting No for home directory encryption (this option is up to you). Next is the Time Zone setting, if you are happy with what is preset, select Yes, if not click no and correct it appropriately.
Next is the Partition configuration, press Enter to continue with the default “Guided – use entire disk and set LVM”, select the partition you wish to use and press Enter. If you are happy to write the changes you have opted for, select Yes and then press Enter, confirm the amount of the disk you wish to use by pressing Enter. Confirm changes and write to disk by selecting Yes and pressing Enter. Enter your Proxy details if necessary or leave blank if you don’t need it and press Enter. Select how you want to keep your system up to date, in this guide I have opted for No automatic updates and press Enter.
Now the basic install is nearly over, you can select which elements you want to add to your Server but essentially you have a Server ready to install whatever you wish onto it. I personally like to add OpenSSH server so as to be able to work from a machine of my choice rather than from the device itself. Select all that you wish to by pressing spacebar and then pres Enter. Next choose Yes and press Enter to install the GRUB boot loader on the hard disk. Press Continue to finish and reboot the machine but make sure you remove the installation media before you do so.
Once booted, log in to the user you chose at the beginning of the installation and run sudo apt-get update, if you installed the most up to date distribution this should run without a hitch. For good measure, run sudo apt-get upgrade and the relevant software upgrades will now be installed. The server is now ready to be manipulated to whatever use you have planned for it, run ifconfig and note the IP address so that you can SSH into it from your desk.
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