Minimal installation of Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS

SCREENSHOT 11) The mirror adress, from where the wizard will download files is filled automatically with the nearest official mirror.

Hit Enter to continue. Change the adress if you know a fast mirror.

main menu
mirror address

SCREENSHOT 12) Select the disk for the installation and choose between the default or custom disk configuration.

The two options are “Use an entire disk”, which will use and DELETE all the data in the selected disk (the selected disk is with a check before the line with the disk name), and “custom storage layout”, which will start a partition layout wizard and it will expect the user to manually modify (remove, create, modify?) the disk layout. For simplicity, we “use the entire disk” option, which is the most commont when installing in a server where dual boot is not so common.

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guided storage configuration

SCREENSHOT 13) Accept the changes on the disk layout and continue.

Be careful, check all the lines mentioning “new” word. In this step all disk are visible and the all the changes, which are going to happen are displayed. Continuing after this step data could be lost if missconfiguration happened in the previous steps.

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storage configuration

SCREENSHOT 14) Confirm the destructive actions related to the disk layout.

Changing a disk layout could lead to data loss! Select “Continue” and hit Enter.

main menu
confirm destructive action

SCREENSHOT 15) Fill the form to create the administrative account and hit Enter.

The administrative account is needed for sudo and remote SSH access.

main menu
profile setup – administrative account

SCREENSHOT 16) Configure whether to install openssh server or not. Check “Install OpenSSH server” and hit Enter to continue.

For server installation the openssh is mandatory, do not skip it or the server won’t be accessible remotely.

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SSH setup configuration

SCREENSHOT 17) Minimal installation does not include any of the featured Server software.

All of software could be installed after the installation.

main menu
Featured Server Snaps

SCREENSHOT 18) The setup is isntalling the system.

Main steps of the setup are shown. A full log is available, too.

main menu
Installing system

SCREENSHOT 19) The setup is installing the updates.

The updates could be canceled.

main menu
installation complete – installing updates

SCREENSHOT 20) Reboot the server by hitting Enter key.

main menu
installation complete reboot

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