

Since this is a VM it might be also a good indicator to spot and troubleshoot undesired settings for example in the virtual BIOS.Īt this point the option to choose which language to use for the installation process. Additionally, the ability to run Memory and ISO test to make sure both are working as expected. The same ISO and wizard also provides the options to add the latest kernel packages for the latest hardware and even the option to install the MaaS Ubuntu Server.

In this case a standard install Ubuntu Server is executed. Next the option to decide on the type of installation. After Power-on the boot displays the language to use during the text based wizard for the initial boot.

The VMware Remote Console is very good tool to access the virtual machine and install Ubuntu Server. Overall to install Ubuntu Server the process is easy and the wizard provides good and intuitive information. Generally something that is designed for DevOps at scale. The latter Metal as a Service (MaaS) allows and fully automates the deployment of Physical Servers aiming to increase the Data Center operational efficiency. HWE should be used for Dev and homelab rather than Production environments. This package is installed along with linux-generic for the standard kernel. In practice, the additional or latest kernels are made available to Ubuntu users and can be installed using the kernel package called linux-hwe-generic. The former Hardware Enablement (HWE) provides the option to automatically install the latest kernel available with the latest hardware for which the drivers are already included. Along with traditional options to test Memory, installation source (ISO file in this case) and recover a broken system also the ability to run “special” types of install which include additional packages for: What is interesting are the options at the boot straight after the language selection. It also includes the option to pre-install additional Server functionalities through additional package like DNS, Samba, LAMP, Mail and more. At the time of writing the latest from the previous stable branch.Ī lightweight text based wizard guides through the entire process to install Ubuntu Server. In particular this article refers to the Ubuntu Server 16.04.5 release.

For this purpose this article follows up the steps after initial Ubuntu Server deployment. In this case the installation will occur on a VMware virtual machine. The steps to install Ubuntu Server are very easy.
