Partitioning & Installing Ubuntu Server Part 2/2

[mcskittle3232]

great vid! maybe my 4th time installing linux on a server. and that was about 4 years ago... thanks a bunch!

[hoanggeneral]

thank you for the helpful clip.

[metajake]

thank you for this pragmatic, helpful guide to Ubuntu Server installation.

Also, great view ya got there!

Now to follow through with some more walkthroughs i hope.

[1Administrater]

how do i get in to graphic mode! i want to have that so i can play with my vechuwul musheen! i use virtual box.

[theredfisherman]

What software stack do i choose if i want to run a jabber server? Thanks.

[ElectricLinux]

@theredfisherman Jabber, now called XMPP will compile and run on just about any Linux or Unix variant. It used to have a handful of library/service dependencies but most of those have now been folded into the XMPP build/install. So long story short, it is pretty much a standalone installation with few external dependencies which you can build and run on just about an *nix box.

[JRDawdy]

Ubuntu 9.1*** LOL

[ElectricLinux]

@JRDawdy Nothing wrong with running Ubuntu 5 except for some possible security vulnerabilities you might want to have patched with higher versions of some packages. You should be able to run the latest version of Ubuntu on that 700 MHz machine with no problem. GUI might be a little slow but for a stripped down web server .. no problem. The partitioning covered in these videos should be the about the same no matter how far back in versions you go.

[JRDawdy]

Great video! i was searching for videos to give me an idea of what to look for during installation. I am going to install Ubuntu 5 in just a few minutes! :)

I was curious, how much can a 700mhz cpu handle as far as traffic on a website? Just curious. THanks!

[ElectricLinux]

@JRDawdy If you are not running a GUI and don't have any other services loading your server then the Apache instance will be able to do quite a bit of work on a 700 MHz machine. The most accurate answer I can give you is that you can serve a huge amount of traffic on that machine as long as you build your site apps and site images efficiently.

[piewarrior]

thanks for the nice video :)

i was stuck in the patitioning, and this video helped alot :D

[ElectricLinux]

@piewarrior, good to hear! partitioning is a little bit mysterious but is the key to a lot of power for protecting data or running multiple systems or getting high disk performance for video editing .. lots of cool stuff related to partitioning.

[Robber7]

Great tutorials you've made! I'm thinking about starting a gameserver that will need to use MySQL, Mail and webhosting. What do I need to install? Should I use ubuntu or Debian? and one more thing, if I need to make changes to files in the server, how can I do that in ubuntu server? :s

[ElectricLinux]

Great idea, a linux-based game server will make the best performing game server and it is a fantastic way to enjoy yourself and learn a great deal at the same time. Ubuntu is based on Debian, but many people choose Ubuntu. Personally I recommend Ubuntu and one of the many reasons is I prefer the Postfix email server on Ubuntu over the Emix you get on Debian. As I do in this tutorial, you want to install: LAMP, Mail, OpenSSH and you do not need DNS, PostreSQL, Print or Samba. .. more ..

[ElectricLinux]

For accessing and manipulating files on your Ubuntu game server you will want to connect to the server using SSH and since Bash is the default shell you will want to learn the Bash Shell. Related to SSH, you can use the SCP command to copy files securely to the server. FTP is also an option for transferring files which is easy to use but less secure. So SFTP (secure FTP) is an improvement over FTP, but with additional set-up requirements. You will have fun and learn many valuable skills!

[Robber7]

aha! Thank you very much! I think I'' go for ubuntu then! thx!! ;D

[MrRadjevic]

Can you show us how to install WEBMIN ?

I like your videos very much, take care dude !!

[ElectricLinux]

Sounds like web interfaces to administer the server have a lot of interest. The new version of Webmin looks very interesting and I do know how great it can be to use your browser for various admin tasks. I will definitely put this down as a to do for a video tutorial. Will be very busy for a while but I will get to it as soon as I can. Thanks for the suggestion and kind words!

[elliotbeken]

this is a good video, i think you should make a video that shows people how to install a web interface

[ElectricLinux]

do you mean a web interface to perform server administration?