Basic Setup Of An Ubuntu Linux Server

in this repo you'll find a server provisioning script that updates, upgrades, and configures an ubuntu linux server.

So you've just created a new ubuntu linux server.

Naturally you ask the following question: "I've got a new ubuntu linux server, now what?"

Let's do some simple OS configuration and install some Docker stuff.

What Is This Repo?

This repo contains ubuntu linux server provisioning bash script(s) that will update, upgrade and configure your new ubuntu linux server.

What Does This Script Do?

The included bash scripts will configure your new ubuntu linux server with some basic software and docker container capabilities.

• Update your operating system packages
• Upgrade your operating system software and applications
• Install basic networking software tools
• Install docker & docker compose to run containers

Future Upgrades

The following have not been implemented but will come soon.

• [software shinobi linux] Run the script into a Docker image for funsies.
• [stark industries scripts] Create standard users w/ passwords w/ keys
• [stark industries scripts] Configure Docker user permissions at install
• [software developer things] add in the custom bashrc configuration for speed
• [software developer things] add in the custom bashrc configuration for speed

How To Run This Script?

So let's setup your new ubuntu linux server.

Step 1 / Login To Server

Log in to your linux server.

note you can run this script as the root user or a user in the sudo group.

Step 2 / Clone Repo

Clone (download) this git repo to save locally onto your linux server.

git clone https://github.com/softwareshinobi/provision-ubuntu-linux-server.git

You'll see output that looks similar to this:

Cloning into 'provision-ubuntu-linux-server'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 120, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (120/120), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (91/91), done.
remote: Total 120 (delta 49), reused 89 (delta 26), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (120/120), 1.27 MiB | 17.11 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (49/49), done.

Step 3 / Verify Clone

Make sure the git repo has been downloaded to your server.

ls -lha . | grep provision

You are looking for something like this:

drwxrwxr-x  4 softwareshinobi softwareshinobi 4,0K mar 19 08:14 provision-ubuntu-linux-server

Step 4 / Navigate To Script

So now let's run the script. Change directories into the downloaded directory.

cd provision-ubuntu-linux-server

Verify you are in the correct directory

pwd

You are looking for an output similar to this

/home/ubuntu/provision-ubuntu-linux-server

Step 5 / Execute Script

Now let's run the script and get started.

sudo bash provision.bash