creating-ubuntu-live-server

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1/ install ubuntu live server (skip docker here and manually post-install (during ubuntu install it will use snap socker and it's utter shit and will cause you headaches), openssh)
2/ set static ip (/etc/netplan/static.yaml):

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    <your-interface>:
      addresses:
        <your-local-static-ip>
      routes:
        - to: default
          via: 192.168.0.1
      nameservers:
        addresses: [1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1]
       
3/ from the machine you are connecting, if using kitty, you will need to alias ssh (slap this into your bashrc or zshrc):

# kitty ssh fix
[[ "$TERM" == "xterm-kitty" ]] && alias ssh="TERM=xterm-256color ssh"

4/ add your current user to docker group to avoid writing sudo in front of docker every single time
5/ make sure you configure docker's json-file log driver to rotate files or your server might run out of disk space
6/ install portainer server on one server and agent on others