Ubtuntu 20.04 is the newest version of the popular Ubuntu OS and we are going to install the Desktop Version today. The Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop can be downloaded from HERE. Once the ISO has been downloaded make the boot media and boot off of it. Install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop: The First Screen that will appear […]
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This post gives a walkthrough of How too install OwnCloud on Ubuntu 20.04 Server which elaborates on Owncloud’s own documentation on their website. ownCloud is a file server that enables secure storage, collaboration and sharing. It is convenient to store files in the cloud, so they are available on any device and can be shared with
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Here is how to install LAMP on freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04 Server. A guide to installing Ubuntu 20.04 Server can be found HERE. The original post that was followed can be found HERE. Install LAMP on Ubuntu 20.04: The first step is to Install Apache2 and update the firewall to allow access to Apache2. Before
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This is a quick guide on how to update Ubuntu 20.04 in one command from the command line so that it will work on server and desktop versions. The update process is really simple and is basically one command. Update Ubuntu 20.04 in one command: Here is how to update Ubuntu 20.04 in one command:
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Here is my step by Step how too of Installing Ubuntu 20.04.1 Server. The process will be the same if you are installing Ubuntu 20.04 Server on a physical machine of in a VM (as below). Boot the machine from the boot.iso which will boot to the following page: Select the language you want to
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This post explains how to Disable Windows Server 2012 R2 password expiry. The reason that I discovered how to do this was that one of my server’s local Administrator password kept expiring every 45 days which was really annoying. If this was a production server then this is a good security feature but as the
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This is how I setup the email on Bookstack. I used the SMTP method as I already have smtp setup on my domain so creating a new email address was quick and easy. My Bookstack environment is installed on a free AWS Ubuntu 20.04 Instance. For more options see the official guide HERE. The email
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Bookstack is a wiki that organises categories into virtual librarys so that you have the top level of a shelf, then on that shelf you have books and in those books you have chapters and pages. I like this visual way of organising documents as it is very visual and easy to follow. First of
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For more Bookstack articles take a look HERE. For the official Bookstack documentation take a look HERE. In order to create a user in Bookstack you need to log into Bookstack with an Admin user and do the following: Click on Settings to open the settings page: Click on the Users button at the top
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This guide is how I installed Bookstack Wiki on my AWS Free instance Ubuntu 20.04 server: Bookstack has a handy Ubuntu 20.04 Installation script that can be run on a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 to automatically install Bookstack and the prerequisite software needed for it to run (Apache, MySQL 8.0 & PHP-7.4). The script
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Updating Zentyal 6.2 Core components is a simple process that can easily be done from the command line. Open the Dashboard and check the Core Version. It will say if there are updates available or not: Click on the (available) shown above: And this will show you the instructions of how to update the server:
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Connect to Zentyal 6.2 Web Gui: You can connect to the Zentyal Dashboard remotely using a browser which means that you do not have to be physically in front of the server too manage it. To connect go to “https://ip_address:8443”, where ip_address is the IP address or the hostname on which Zentyal is installed. Select advanced: Click
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Log into the web interface in the VirtualBox VM that was created using the article HERE: Use the user and password that were created when installing the server: Configure Zentyal 6.2 Server: You will now be on the initial Setup Page: Click on the Continue button: Choose the Zentyal packages to install and then click
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Zentyal is based on Ubuntu Server 18.04.4 LTS. More information on the pacages that are uses can be found HERE. Zentyal is described on its web site as: “Easy Linux alternative to Windows Server “Join Windows® clients to the domain and manage them transparently. No disruption to your users, no user or device CALs.” It
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I have just set up ssh tunneling for a client to a remote port on a remote server behind a firewall. Set up ssh tunnel: This can be done really simply on ubuntu by running the following command: In this example I am forwarding port 3333 to port 1521 the vm 10.0.0.2 by sshing to
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Filezilla is a great free ftp client and it can be easily installed on Ubuntu with one apt command. More information about Filezilla can be found on the Filezilla Website. Installing Filezilla on Ubuntu 20.04: Filezilla is installed by running the following command from the terminal: Filezilla will then be installed and ready to use.
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I had an occasion when I was trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 onto a laptop but found that I was without a usb pen drive, external usb drive or a recordable DVD media and had no way to easily get any so I tried installing Ubuntu without installation media and this is the technique that
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OPENVPN is an open source virtual private network (VPN) Server. It has Workstation clients to allow Windows, Linux and Mac OSX clients to securely connect to the Server. More information can be found on the OPENVPN Website. Clients can be downloaded from the download page of the OpenVPN website. The OpenVPN client can be easily
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I had to enable ssh on a newly installed Ubuntu 20.04 VM that I installed today so I thought that it would be useful to add to the blog. I got the information from (https://linuxconfig.org/enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux). Installing ssh server on Ubuntu 20.04: ssh was installed using apt: Type your password and press enter: SSH will then
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BookStack is a great little wiki that uses bookcases and books to organize documentation. This is how it was installed on a Raspberry Pi4 running Ubuntu Server 20.04. The official documentation for BookStack can be found HERE Go to the /tmp directory: Download the script: Make the script executable: Install Bookstack on Ubuntu 20.04: Run