Goal  Using the latest LTS server iso (alternate), which at the time of writing is ubuntu-18.04.1-server-amd64.iso, I want to be able to do an installation, using a preseed and a kickstart file hosted on a webserver, however I cannot use DHCP.  So I am looking for a way to manually set the IP address when booting up the installer.   Steps previously taken  I have tried using . I've tried the various forms of it, leaving out some fields and other times leaving them empty – the options are detected during boot-up (see below screenshot), but they do not seem to come into affect. I've also both tried adding it before and after the two dashes.    I have tried this with the 16.04 server iso as well.  Note  It is not possible for me to use TFTF, PXE or anything like that. Also, I do not want to have to make custom installers, I want to be able to use the iso from the mirror.  Final remarks  If this is simply no longer possible, could someone please refer me to where this change was documented? I can not find any information indicating so.
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I would like to customize Ubuntu live CD by installing some additional packages. I have followed   but it doesn't seems to work. Can anyone provide clear instructions?   Note: I do not prefer Remastersys, manual way will be appreciated.  Customization  Packages that I want to install:   Thunderbird    Samba    SSH       Changes that I need:   Remove Games menu from the Application menu Firefox shortcut on Desktop Radiance as the default Theme Different default Ubuntu Wallpaper   Configuration file changes   I want the panel to be placed at the bottom I want to paste my Samba configuration file instead of default Samba configuration I have few Firefox shortcuts and folders I would like to show that in Desktop Also it will be nice if you say me how to change the icon sets   Recent Updates   I have customized Ubuntu 10.10 with Firefox shortcuts and few folders on desktops. Everything went smooth. But the installer gets crashes after choosing the timezone. How do i fix this issue? Also setting wallpaper affects the login screen. The wallpaper which i set is displayed on the login screen also. I just want the default one for the login screen.
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I want to update my sources.list file with the fastest server from the command line in a fresh Ubuntu Server install. I know this is trivially easy with the GUI, but there doesn't seem to be a simple way to do it from from the command line?
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I downloaded the server version of Ubuntu from Ubuntu's official site. Created a Bootable USB from the ISO file I downloaded. I connected through Internet using DHCP in the installation process. While I was installing it on my Desktop Computer (pentium D 1 GB RAM) I have this error "Bad Archive Mirror".   I also found 2-3 questions with same problem on forum but I didn't get solution of my problem from them.
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These instructions () doesn't work for Ubuntu Server iso. Doing dd if=ubuntuserver.iso of=/dev/sdb doesn't work either. In both situations, after the Ubuntu Server installer boots correctly, it says it hasn't found any CD drive and stops.  I've a USB stick where I've put the content of Ubuntu Server iso on it. I've configured Syslinux (with no APPEND parameter) pointing to vmlinuz+initrd present in "install" folder. The installer boots correctly but it hangs with an error saying it doesn't find the CD-ROM.  If I replace the vmlinuz+initrd with the "hd-media" ones (available ) I get another error: installer can't find any iso file anywhere (which is logical because I don't have any iso, I have the expanded tree on sdb1).  So I can't boot Ubuntu Server 16.04 from a USB stick.
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Based  I'm trying to setup Tomcat Server, I have successfully installed it and tested it. Then I stopped it as recommended in the tutorial. I'm setting up "New Server Runtime Environment" as you can see under Tomcat Installation Directory is a windows directory, anyone knows the Ubuntu directory equivalent for this? Thanks.
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I set up a new VPS instance of Ubuntu and am wondering what the easiest way is to get up and running with a basic LAMP stack (i.e. which packages are required, which configuration options need to be tweaked, if any, etc.).
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The server version of Ubuntu does not have the  command. How can I add a  (PPA) to the server without this command?
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When I ssh into my  box, I get this message:  Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64)   * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/  New release '12.10' available. Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.  Last login: &lt;redacted&gt; $   But I don't intend to upgrade to 12.10, because Mythbuntu recommends using LTS releases only.  How do I suppress the "New release '12.10' available" message?  I don't want to be notified until the next LTS release is available.  I've already gone to Update Manager > Settings > Updates and selected "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version: For long-term support versions", but that didn't get rid of this message.
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Short version  I know this question is very similar to others and I did really search the Internet for answers, but it seems that no approach is working or the solutions seem to be "to complicated to be best practice" (I'll try to explain). I'm looking for a safe way on how to disable DHCP from command line (to use in scripts).  Background  I'm trying to create a "Live-Cd" with Ubuntu Server 12.04 and remastersys (works well). The system is, by default, configured to get the IP with DHCP while booting.  That's ok - the important thing is that a script (which runs after booting) is able (in some specific cases) to set a static IP using ifconfig (not /etc/network/interfaces ):   ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1   Actually this is also working, but the IP only persists until the DHCP lease time of the previously obtained lease is over. A new IP will be assigned to eth0, which (in short) breaks the system. I thought "no big deal, there will be surely something like: "     ifconfig eth0 dhcpdisabled   But I ended up recognizing, it doesn't work that easy. Editing the /etc/network/interfaces is a bit tricky, because it is generated by remastersys (actually the 23networking script of casper).   I could rewrite it and restart networking, but what will happen to active dhclient.leases? Will be DHClient still be running in the background (it shouldn't but some posts suggest it will be my tests showed it is restarted “randomly“, if dhclient is killed), do I have to remove or empty dhclient.leases files, what about resolv.conf?  Despair  To sum it up - In my opinion it's not really that "straightforward" and somewhat doesn't "feel stable".  suggested to remove the dhclient package, but: Will this solve the problem? Will this break other stuff?   Is there really no command for this? I hope I just overlooked it.
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I've been trying to preseed my installation for 2 days now. I'm quite new in this topic, so execuse me if I'm asking noob questions. How do I use boot parameters, how do I know that my preseed file works. When is my preseed file loaded
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I'm going to accessing my ubuntu machine remotely from my windows machine through putty. Are there any suggestions for possible ways to get an X server running on my windows machine?  Thanks.
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I have found a guide for that but doesn't sure if it will work or it is safe to use. The guide:  I am asking if is these introductions safe and will work? If not, is there any other solutions for that? I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Thank you.
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Disclaimer: I'm pretty novice at sysadmin stuff.  I'm trying to set up port forwarding in an AWS EC2 instance, this has to be done in the command-line because I don't want to go in and edit anything, it has to be automatic (it's part of a build process).   sudo echo "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1" &gt;&gt; /etc/sysctl.conf      Permission denied   The weird thing is I've been (successfully) using sudo for pretty much every command that required su privileges. If I do sudo su before the command (trying it out by hand in an ssh session), then it works.  Reasons behind this? Possible solutions that don't involve sudo su or manual edits?
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I have a Linux server (Ubuntu 12.04) I'm using to learn as much as I can about server management. I've got as far as getting a full LAMP setup running, but have hit a dead end trying to get a domain name to point to my server.  I've set up a virtual host in an Apache .conf file, and set up the IP address in the hosts file with the domain name, and have pointed the A record to the IP address with no luck. I've also installed bind9, but thought I'd see if I'm going in the wrong direction rather than messing anything up with that.  What is the best way to get a domain name up and running - ideally in a way that would be production ready rather than a temporary setup  EDIT: Thanks for the tips - just to better inform the situation - I have a few spare domain names registered that I can use, and I'm renting a VPS to play with. Currently I have the DNS * and @ A record pointing to the IP, but the nameservers are with the registrar if that makes a difference?
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I have written an app which will run on a server. I have little experience with network configuration and such things.  Now I have set-up the server and everything works how I want however I want 2 things   set the ip of my server to a static ip ideally be able to acces the server with a url like mytestserver.test or something like that   I do have experience with command line linux and windows but never needed to do anything with networks as I usually work with embedded systems  e\ my distribution is debian on the raspberry pi
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Is there any way to temporarily disable GUI (X server) when booting an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation?  There are various guides advising to add text option onto the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub or directly on the linux line in GRUB. These methods work well in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but I always end up in LightDM when trying them in 16.04 LTS.
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We've got a Squid web cache set up that is used for caching package downloads, so that all the machines here don't have to independently redownload everything. The installer prompts for a mirror and proxy. As long as every machine uses the exact same mirror (here, http.us.debian.org) and the proxy then it works.  That's somewhat annoying, as it involves going to 'enter information manually' and typing it in each time (as the installer would do ftp.us.debian.org, which Squid doesn't realize is identical).  The installer defaults to just mirror, is there a way to make that work? So I can be lazy and just hit enter a bunch?