Install Ubuntu Server 1804

Last Updated: Feb. 17th 2022 at 7:11pm

Installing Ubuntu Server is really easy, but I though I’d share how I do it with you. The goal at the end of this article is to have a working server you can connect to through ssh using the root user. I may in the future call this a “Root Server”.

Option 1 - Virtualbox

Virtualbox is a great way to run virtual machines locally. I use Virtualbox both locally (on my desktop/laptop) and within the office firewall on hardware (see my headless virtualbox article).

Option 2 - Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean or any other VPS provider is great for using development and production machines. If you don’t have an account at Digital Ocean, Sign up with this link, to get $100 credit. In this video I show how to quickly make and access a droplet.

Conclusion

Now that we have Ubuntu Server installed we can use it as a base for our projects.

Next, you could try to Install Ansible on Ubuntu Server