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I'm hoping to run an Ubuntu server which will in future be able to communicate to an iOS app. Which of these will allow me to do that? 

[ ] OpenSSH server
[ ] DNS server
[ ] LAMP server
[ ] Mail server
[ ] PostgreSQL server
[ ] Print server
[ ] Samba file server
[ ] Tomcat Java server
[ ] Virtual Machine host
[ ] Manual package selection

Thanks!

EDIT: This is my first time using a server and I just want to explore and test and mess around. I'd like to have an app where you could type something into a text box, have the text go to the server, and have the server respond with another text which could be displayed on the iOS app.

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    What do you mean by "communicate"? Many of these servers can communicate with iOS. – Pilot6 Jan 3 '17 at 19:57
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    I think you should add some usefull info, like what kind of connection/functionality would you expect ending with... – dgonzalez Jan 3 '17 at 19:59
  • @dgonzalez updated it – lelephant Jan 3 '17 at 20:04
  • updated it @Pilot6 – lelephant Jan 3 '17 at 20:04
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    All of those servers can be communicated with from an iOS app, if the app is configured to do so. The question is really too broad. – dobey Jan 3 '17 at 20:41
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It's not the tasksel applications job to decide which packages you need to run an app on iOS. Instead configure your server for what you need it to do, i.e.

  • LAMP Server will serve PHP based Web Sites.
  • Tomcat Java Server will serve Java Based WebSites
  • Mail Server will handle email.

After doing this, connect your app via the internet to your server. Nothing is compatible with iOS unless you have a Mac. Your server may "talk" to an iOS based app through a protocol, for example SSH, or Samba, in which case you would need those options. To actually develop an application, you need XCode - Native, or Xamarin 3 Visual Studio Based Plugins for Windows

See also MacInCloud for an example of Protocol as a Service, which is what you'd need to do to use the approach you describe, plus the service is OS independent.

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