10 (Intrepid Ibex)
LAMP Server Setup
In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP
(Linux , Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu
Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.
The LAMP option means you don’t have to install and integrate each of the four separate
LAMP components, a process which can take hours and requires someone who is skilled in the
installation and configuration of the individual applications. Instead, you get increased security,
reduced time-to-install, and reduced risk of misconfiguration, all of which results in a lower cost
of ownership.New pre-configured installation options have been added to the Ubuntu Server.
Mail Server, Open SSH Server,Samba File Server, Print Server, Tomcat Java Server,Virtual
Machine Host and Database Server options join existing LAMP and DNS options for pre-
configured installations, easing the deployment of common server configurations.
Ubuntu LAMP server Install the following Versions
First you need to download server version of Ubuntu version from here after that you create
a CD and start booting with the CD Once it starts booting you should see the following screen in
this you need to select your language and press enter
Now you need to select “Install Ubuntu Server” and press enter
Choose your location and press enter you can see we have have
selected United Kingdom in the follwoing screen
If you want to try to have your keyboard layout detected by pressing a series of keys you
need to select yes option and if you don’t want that and you want to choose from a list click no
in this example we have selected no and press enter
Configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network
Enter the Hostname of the system so in this example i enter here as intrepidlamp
Clock setup is in progress
you have to partition your hard disk in this example i have selected use entire disk option if
you want to edit manually you can choose manual and press enter
Warning message about data lost on your hard disk
Write the changes to disk option here you need to select yes and press enter
Creating ext3 file system in progress
You need enter the Full name of the user you want to create for your server in this example
i have created administrator user select continue and press enter
Username for your account in this i have entered test select continue and press enter
Entered the password for test user select continue and press enter
Confirm the password for test user select continue and press enter
If you want to configure encrypted private directory select yes and press enter
Enter passphrase for your encrypted private directory select continue and press enter
Confirm passphrase select continue and press enter
Now it will start Installing software and here you need to select the server options here i
have selected as LAMP and OpenSSH server for our LAMP server installation
At the time of software installation it will prompt for mysql server root password enter root
password of your choice and select continue
Installation complete message here you need to remove your CD select continue and press
enter it will reboot your server
After rebooting you can see the following screen prompt for username
This will complete the Ubuntu LAMP Server Installation and your server is ready for
installing applications which supports apache,mysql and php.
One more new feature i really like was after logging in it shows you system stats like
CPU,Memory,Disk,Swap,No.of processes,No.of users logged
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 172.19.0.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 172.19.0.0
broadcast 172.19.0.255
gateway 172.19.0.1
Now you need to restart your network services using the following command
You need to setup manually DNS servers in resolv.conf file when you are not using DHCP.
sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf
search domain.com
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Ubuntu Server:Install GUI and Webmin in
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Guide
We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server .If you are a new user and
not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2
options
1) Install desktop Environment
2) Install Webmin
The above command will install GNOME desktop if you want to install KDE desktop use the
following command
2) Install Webmin
Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any
modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more.
Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets
you manage a system from the console or remotely.Currently There is no Webmin package in
the Ubuntu repositories.This tutorial will explain how to Install Webmin in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
You can install webmin for your server web interface to configure
apache2,mysql,FTp servers and many more.Now we will see how to install webmin in Ubuntu
8.10
Preparing your system
First you need to install the following packages
sudo aptitude install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-
perl libmd5-perl
Now download the latest webmin using the following command or from here
wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin_1.441_all.deb
Now we have webmin_1.441_all.deb package install this package using the following command
Ubuntu in particular don’t allow logins by the root user by default. However, the user
created at system installation time can use sudo to switch to root. Webmin will allow any user
who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges.
Now you need to open your web browser and enter the following
https://your-server-ip:10000/
After login if you want to configure Apache,Mysql server you need to click on Servers on
your lefthand side you should many servers are ready to configure
This is very Easy to configure most of the servers and Enjoy your new Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
LAMP Server.