Post-install server configuration Ubuntu Server 13.10 64-bit

server-config.md

1. sudo su
2. apt-get install ssh openssh-server
3. pico /etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
	address		192.168.1.99
	netmask		255.255.255.0
	network		192.168.1.0
	broadcast	192.168.1.255
	gateway		192.168.1.254
	dns-nameserver	8.8.4.4 4.4.2.2

1. restart networking
2. pico /etc/hosts and change the second IP address to the same as above
3. pico /etc/hostname and change the hostname to the FQDN
4. service hostname restart
5. pico /etc/apt/sources.list and enable the partners and extras repositories.
6. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 437D05B5 3E5C1192
7. apt-get update
8. apt-get dist-upgrade
9. reboot and log back in when it's rebooted
10. sudo su
11. pico /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webmin.list

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib

1. wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
2. sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
3. apt-get update
4. apt-get install ntp dkms iptables-persistent htop webmin
5. Go to https://xyz.al.gy:10000/ (use your own instance of course)
6. Navigate to Webmin | Webmin configuration | Webmin themes | Install theme | From ftp or http URL
7. Enter https://webmin-theme-stressfree.googlecode.com/files/theme-stressfree-2.10.tar.gz and click Install theme
8. Click Return to themes list, select StressFree theme and click change
9. Refresh the browser a few times until all is well.
10. Navigate to System | Software package updates and configure Webmin to install all updates.
11. Navigate to Firewall and configure the server to apply firewall rules at startup