Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu Server Guide

Ubuntu Server Guide
Copyright © 2010 Canonical Ltd. and members of the Ubuntu Documentation Project3 Abstract Welcome to the Ubuntu Server Guide! It contains information on how to install and configure various server applications on your Ubuntu system to fit your needs. It is a step-by-step, task-oriented guide for configuring and customizing your system.

Creditsand License
This document is maintained by the Ubuntu documentation team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam). For a list of contributors, see the contributors page1 This document is made available under the Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.5 License (CC-BY-SA). You are free to modify, extend, and improve the Ubuntu documentation source code under the terms of this license. Allderivative works must be released under this license. This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DISCLAIMER. A copy of the license is available here: Creative Commons ShareAlike License2.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 1. Support .......................................................................................................................... 2 2. Installation............................................................................................................................. 3 1. Preparing to Install ......................................................................................................... 4 2. Installing from CD ......................................................................................................... 6 3.Upgrading ...................................................................................................................... 9 4. Advanced Installation ................................................................................................... 10 3. Package Management ........................................................................................................... 17 1.Introduction ................................................................................................................. 18 2. dpkg ............................................................................................................................ 19 3. Apt-Get ........................................................................................................................ 20 4.Aptitude ....................................................................................................................... 22 5. Automatic Updates ....................................................................................................... 24 6. Configuration ............................................................................................................... 26 7.References ................................................................................................................... 28 4. Networking .......................................................................................................................... 29 1. Network Configuration .................................................................................................30 2. TCP/IP ......................................................................................................................... 38 3. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) .............................................................. 42 4. Time Synchronisation with NTP ................................................................................... 45 5. Remote Administration...