I’m going to set a static IP address on my Ubuntu LTS server. Login into the server’s console and edit the settings for your primary network interface in /etc/network/interfaces: sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 …
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I’m going to setup the headless VirtualBox server and Virtual Machine management console using phpvirtualbox which is a web-based frontend written in PHP. This is a very basic Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with only OpenSSH services installed so I’m going to need to add a few packages. Let’s get started… I’ll need to install an…
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Updated July 3, 2013 for CraftBukkit 1.6.1 R0.1 I’ve setup Oracle’s VirtualBox to run a virtual machine on my Mac Pro and installed an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server with the virtual machine optimized kernel. Now I’m going to install the Bukkit Minecraft dedicated server. I’ve added a tutorial on how to add some plugins to this…
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Changing the hostname of your Ubuntu/Linux server is as simple as typing: hostname thenewname at the console, right? Wrong. To change the hostname, login to the server, either at the console or through SSH and, with root privileges, launch an editor against the file /etc/hostname. I’m using nano: nmino@ubuntu-vm:~$ sudo nano /etc/hostname [sudo] password for…
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Today I’m going to preform an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Minimal Virtual Machine installation in a newly created Oracle VirtualBox VM. On initial boot you will be prompted to select your language. Press F4 to bring up the Installation Modes menu and select “Install a minimal virtual machine” to install the VM optimized kernel. Then select “Install…
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