Questions related to Ubuntu Server, and server-related packages.
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How can I tell, from the command line, whether the machine requires a reboot?
When you install certain updates (e.g. a new kernel) in Ubuntu Desktop, you get an indication that a reboot is required (in Lucid, the logout icon turns red).
How can I check, from the command line, ...
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What's the easiest way to set up a LAMP stack?
I set up a new VPS instance of Ubuntu and am wondering what the easiest way is to get up and running with a basic LAMP stack (i.e. which packages are required, which configuration options need to be ...
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How do I fix my locale issue?
I am getting this message everytime I do something like starting or stopping a service.
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
...
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Chkconfig alternative for Ubuntu Server?
I've become very accustomed to managing service startups on Redhat/RHEL platforms using chkconfig though that doesn't appear to be the Debian/Ubuntu way - How do I update runlevel information for ...
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How do I set up an email server?
My VPS is running Ubuntu, and I'd like to be able to receive email to my domain.
How do I easily set up a mail server to do this?
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How can I find my public IP using the terminal?
I am on DHCP, having dynamic IP.
Finding your public IP when using a GUI and a browser is extremely easy.
Simply go to Google.com and search for "What is my IP". Google will display it in the very ...
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Setting up a git server
I've recently set up ubuntu-server on Amazon EC2. I would like to use it as my git server, so I could store my repos there.
So, where can I find some detailed instructions of how to setup git on ...
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Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS for Server?
Quick question:
Which is a better platform for a professional use server?
Debian Stable or Ubuntu LTS?
The third party software we plan to use, works on both. Which one is better on it own merits?
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Upgrading LTS to LTS (server) — why wait for the first point release?
Does anyone know the (specific) reasons that it is recommended that 10.04 server users wait until 12.04.1 to upgrade? Is it just a matter of bug fixes and waiting for improved stability for ...
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How do I free up disk space?
The ubuntu 9.10 cloud server has left only 900MB of disk space. I'll just empty the directory /tmp and wondering if there is any other location to clean up.
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Progress and speed with 'cp'?
When copying files using cp, is it possible to display the progress and speed of the transfer? Otherwise, is there any alternative command line utility that can achieve this?
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What is LVM and what is it used for?
As a Linux/Ubuntu newbie, what is LVM and what is it used for?
In terms of a web server installation, what benefits does it provide?
Would you recommend using it?
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How to add a PPA on a server?
The Server version of Ubuntu does not have the add-apt-repository command. How can i add a PPA to the server without this command?
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What is the best way to set up a headless server?
I have a ubuntu development server at work. It is an old rack server that is located somewhere in the company's dungeon, where nobody ever goes :)The only way it can work is as a so-called headless ...
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Possible to install ubuntu-desktop and then boot to no GUI [duplicate]
I've installed Ubuntu Server. I'd like to add the GUI with ubuntu-desktop package, but if I do that can I still get the no-gui server interface as the default? What I basically need is the no-gui and ...
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Why is the Ubuntu One server side application proprietary?
I've come across the Launchpad bug report which gave me some insight into people's opinions on the matter, but didn't explain why Canonical made this decision. The Wikipedia article on Ubuntu One ...
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Basic Ubuntu FTP Server
I would like to setup a basic FTP server on my Ubuntu Server install. I have been playing with VSFTPD, but am having issues getting the server to allow me to create directories and copy files. I ...
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What's the risk of upgrading over SSH?
When I run
sudo do-release-upgrade
over ssh, I get the following message.
This session appears to be running under ssh. It is not recommended
to perform a upgrade over ssh currently because in ...
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How do I add locale to ubuntu server?
I currently have those locales:
locale -a
C
en_AG
en_AG.utf8
en_AU.utf8
en_BW.utf8
en_CA.utf8
en_DK.utf8
en_GB.utf8
en_HK.utf8
en_IE.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_NG
en_NG.utf8
en_NZ.utf8
en_PH.utf8
...
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What is the difference between Ubuntu and Debian server?
I know Ubuntu is basically Debian, and I know Ubuntu releases every 6 months, Debian every 2 years. However, I want to know more the advanced differences between them. If they have the same base, what ...
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How to set up Ubuntu as wireless accesspoint?
How can I set up my WiFi to be used as wireless access point on Ubuntu Server?
I have a local Ubuntu Server, it has a wireless card in it (802.11a/b/g/n) and I really want to set it up as an 802.11n ...
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Are there any open source alternative to Landscape?
Better yet, are there any Spacewalk-like software that works for both RedHat-based and Debian-based systems?
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How should a server be secured?
Talking towards Ubuntu 10.04, server edition, what tools/practices would you recommend to secure the server?
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How do I install nagios?
I keep hearing about Nagios, a really powerful tool for monitoring servers. How do I install it?
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how to stop apache2, mysql from starting automatically as computer starts?
my os is 11.04.
i have apache2 & mysql installed.
how to stop apache2, mysql from starting automatically as computer starts?
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What is the best way to add files to a website on a LAMP Server?
I have just installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 with a LAMP setup. I want to host a website there but I'm not sure which is the best way to get/edit my files on the server. Googling provides many options ...
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Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name?
When I restart my apache server using the command
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
I get the following error:
Restarting web server apache2: Could not reliably determine the
server's fully ...
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How do I extract a password protected .7z file?
Can someone tell me how can I extract a password protected .7z file in Ubuntu server?
(I know the password, I just need a program to do so and an example of how to use said program...)
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Create USB installer from the command line?
I'm trying to create a bootable USB image to install Ubuntu on a new computer.
I have done this before following the "create USB drive" instructions for Ubuntu desktop, but I don't have an Ubuntu ...
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How do you restart Apache?
I switched from SLES to Ubuntu and now I want to restart my local server.
In SLES I used :
rcapache2 restart
but this somehow seems not to work in Ubuntu. :(
How do i restart my Apache?
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USB drive install of Ubuntu 12.04 Server fails - can't find components from CD-ROM
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 Server (32bit) on a machine here using a USB stick. I used the Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.9.4 which has support for 12.04 server to get the ISO onto the USB drive.
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How do I install and manage RPMs?
I have a burning desire to install RPMs onto my Ubuntu installation - is this possible? Can I use Yum - or another RPM Package Management tool?
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How do I remove the LAMP stack so I can start over?
I'd like to start over with my webserver and I'd like to reinstall all the LAMP packages, how do I do that?
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upstart-supervised init script for Apache?
I want to run apache on Ubuntu 10.04, and use the nice supervision stuff in upstart (I'm not just talking about the apache init script, but proper service supervision a la daemontools - which is to ...
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How is /etc/motd updated?
I was wondering how /etc/motd is automatically updated (I'm on Ubuntu 10.04, server edition). I found the update-motd manpage via a web search, but that program is not installed on my machine. The ...
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Disable autostart for a service without uninstalling?
How can I disable autostart for a service without uninstalling? For example, I'd like to leave tomcat installed, but I don't want it turning on every time I restart.
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What Can Be Done To Secure Ubuntu Server?
I have a project to secure Ubuntu Server as much as I can.
The server is a web hosting server. The server will be running LAMP , Mail , and DNS.
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How can I monitor the memory usage?
I have used top to see the memory usage at the moment. But I would like to monitor the memory usage over a period of time. E.g start monitoring and then execute a few commands, and final stop the ...
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What tools do you use to monitor a web server?
What tools do you use to monitor a Ubuntu web server? More specifically, I'd like to monitor server uptime, resource usage (RAM, CPU, bandwidth, etc.), Apache, MySQL and PHP.
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Changing keyboard layout in Ubuntu 12.04 server command line interface
I'm new to Ubuntu. I use 12.04 Server in command line mode (no X installed) and I would like to change the keyboard layout... Thanks !
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Access server by host name?
I have a mixed network with mostly Windows machines, a Mac, and a few Linux boxes. There is no DNS or WINS server, and adding one is outside of my control. If I put a clean install of 10.04 desktop ...
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Why isn't my upstart service starting on system boot?
Following on from this question, I have written a simple upstart service (/etc/init/pms.conf) for my headless Ubuntu Server 11.04 box as follows:
start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=eth0
stop ...
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Switching a server to static IP from DHCP
I am running an Ubuntu 10.04 server installation and I recently had to switch it from DHCP to static ip. I edited /etc/network/interfaces file and switched
iface eth0 inet dhcp
to
iface eth0 inet ...
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What is “Ubuntu Desktop USB” in tasksel?
What is Ubuntu Desktop USB tasksel alternative in ubuntu server 11.10 edition?
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Command line games
Does anyone know if there are games for Ubuntu server (like tetris, etc...)?
I know that servers aren't meant for playing games, but sometimes it would be nice to have a little fun . . . not only ...
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How to change wallpapers of all clients?
As said before we are running more than 500 ubuntu PC's in our company. Often we used to set our company ads as a wallpaper in clients machine. It is difficult for us to change wallpapers in all these ...
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What are the differences between Desktop, Server, and Alternate Installs?
I am trying to figure out what the exact difference is between the 3 different install Disks.
Like what packages are different and such.
For Example:
- The server disk doesn't install gnome by ...
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How to install Mono on a server?
I'd like to be able to build and run C# programs on my Ubuntu 10.10 server. How do I install Mono? "sudo apt-get install mono" doesn't work, says "Package mono is not available, but is referred to by ...
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How do you manage SSH keys?
I have a server with multiple users which each have multiple authorized SSH keys. Is there any effective way (command line utility?) to keep track of which key belongs to who and to quickly remove/add ...
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What is the performance loss if you run an ubuntu desktop edition for a server machine?
Hello we have installed an ubuntu desktop edition on our dev server.
I was wondering if there is any noticeable performance loss compared to the server edition.
