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About the Club

Cloud Club Topics - Server installation

Questions

  1. What service(s) will this server provide?
  2. What do you need to install a server?
  3. Does your server meet the “hardware” requirements?
    1. CPUs
    2. RAM
    3. Disk space / type
    4. Networks / speed

Licensing

  1. What is a [ software ] license?
  2. What types of license are available?
  3. What is Free Open Source Software ( FOSS )?

Plan your installation

  1. Create a checklist of configuration
    1. Operating System
      1. Linux
      2. Windows
      3. Mac OS
      4. Unix
      5. Other?
    2. Hostname
    3. IP configuration
      1. IPv4 or IPv6
      2. IP address ( if IPv4 )
      3. Subnet mask ( if IPv4 )
      4. Default gateway address ( if IPv4 )
    4. Storage / disk configuration
      1. Partitions
      2. Volumes
      3. Volume format
        1. Ext ( 2 / 3 / 4 )
        2. Btrfs
        3. ZFS
        4. NTFS
      4. Logical Volume Management ( LVM )
        1. Physical Volumes ( PVs )
        2. Volume Groups ( VGs )
        3. Logical Volums ( LVs )
    5. Software
      1. What type of server functionality will it serve?
      2. Security software?
      3. Security configurations - we'll get into this later
      4. Can you service multiple services on the same server? Should you?

Installing your Operating System ( OS )

  1. Download and burn the CD ( or DVD )??
    1. No need to burn the disk, just download the ISO file
    2. Transfer it to the hypervisor directory for ISOs
  2. Create the VM and follow the wizzard to create the specifications ( specs ) of the virtual hardware ( see above plan )
  3. Configure the VM to boot to the ISO file
  4. Power on the VM
  5. Ensure you boot from the ISO file
  6. Follow the wizzard to install the OS
  7. Login to the VM
  8. Transfer the software to the VM
  9. Launch the installer for the software
  10. Configure the OS / software
  11. Test the new software to ensure it's working as expected
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