Ubuntu Server Guide 14.04 LTS
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Ubuntu Server Guide 14.04 LTS
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The leading platform for scale-out computing, Ubuntu Server helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available.



Here you can find information on how to install and configure various server applications. It is a step-by-step, task-oriented guide for configuring and customizing your system.



This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of your Ubuntu system. Some installation details are covered in Installation, but if you need detailed instructions installing Ubuntu please refer to the Ubuntu Installation Guide.



A HTML version of the manual is available online at the Ubuntu Documentation website.

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Ubuntu Server Guide
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
1. Support
Chapter 2. Installation
1. Preparing to Install
1.1. System Requirements
1.2. Server and Desktop Differences
1.2.1. Kernel Differences:
1.3. Backing Up
2. Installing from CD
2.1. Package Tasks
3. Upgrading
3.1. do-release-upgrade
4. Advanced Installation
4.1. Software RAID
4.1.1. Partitioning
4.1.2. RAID Configuration
4.1.3. Formatting
4.1.4. Degraded RAID
4.1.5. RAID Maintenance
4.1.6. Resources
4.2. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
4.2.1. Overview
4.2.2. Installation
4.2.3. Extending Volume Groups
4.2.4. Resources
5. Kernel Crash Dump
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Kernel Crash Dump Mechanism
5.3. Installation
5.4. Configuration
5.5. Verification
5.6. Testing the Crash Dump Mechanism
5.7. Resources
Chapter 3. Package Management
1. Introduction
2. dpkg
3. Apt-Get
4. Aptitude
4.1. Command Line Aptitude
5. Automatic Updates
5.1. Notifications
6. Configuration
6.1. Extra Repositories
7. References
Chapter 4. Networking
1. Network Configuration
1.1. Ethernet Interfaces
1.1.1. Identify Ethernet Interfaces
1.1.2. Ethernet Interface Logical Names
1.1.3. Ethernet Interface Settings
1.2. IP Addressing
1.2.1. Temporary IP Address Assignment
1.2.2. Dynamic IP Address Assignment (DHCP Client)
1.2.3. Static IP Address Assignment
1.2.4. Loopback Interface
1.3. Name Resolution
1.3.1. DNS Client Configuration
1.3.2. Static Hostnames
1.3.3. Name Service Switch Configuration
1.4. Bridging
1.5. Resources
2. TCP/IP
2.1. TCP/IP Introduction
2.2. TCP/IP Configuration
2.3. IP Routing
2.4. TCP and UDP
2.5. ICMP
2.6. Daemons
2.7. Resources
3. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. References
4. Time Synchronisation with NTP
4.1. ntpdate
4.2. ntpd
4.3. Installation
4.4. Configuration
4.5. View status
4.6. References
Chapter 5. DM-Multipath
1. Device Mapper Multipathing
1.1. New and Changed Features for Ubuntu Server 12.04
1.1.1. Migration from 0.4.8
1.2. Overview
1.3. Storage Array Overview
1.4. DM-Multipath components
1.5. DM-Multipath Setup Overview
2. Multipath Devices
2.1. Multipath Device Identifiers
2.2. Consistent Multipath Device Names in a Cluster
2.3. Multipath Device attributes
2.4. Multipath Devices in Logical Volumes
3. Setting up DM-Multipath Overview
3.1. Setting Up DM-Multipath
3.2. Installing with Multipath Support
3.3. Ignoring Local Disks When Generating Multipath Devices
3.4. Configuring Storage Devices
4. The DM-Multipath Configuration File
4.1. Configuration File Overview
4.2. Configuration File Blacklist
4.2.1. Blacklisting By WWID
4.2.2. Blacklisting By Device Name
4.2.3. Blacklisting By Device Type
4.2.4. Blacklist Exceptions
4.3. Configuration File Defaults
4.4. Configuration File Multipath Attributes
4.5. Configuration File Devices
5. DM-Multipath Administration and Troubleshooting
5.1. Resizing an Online Multipath Device
5.2. Moving root File Systems from a Single Path Device to a Multipath Device
5.3. Moving swap File Systems from a Single Path Device to a Multipath Device
5.4. The Multipath Daemon
5.5. Issues with queue_if_no_path
5.6. Multipath Command Output
5.7. Multipath Queries with multipath Command
5.8. Multipath Command Options
5.9. Determining Device Mapper Entries with dmsetup Command
5.10. Troubleshooting with the multipathd interactive console
Chapter 6. Remote Administration
1. OpenSSH Server
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Installation
1.3. Configuration
1.4. SSH Keys
1.5. References
2. Puppet
2.1. Preconfiguration
2.2. Installation
2.3. Configuration
2.4. Resources
3. Zentyal
3.1. Installation
3.2. First steps
3.3. References
Chapter 7. Network Authentication
1. OpenLDAP Server
1.1. Installation
1.2. Post-install Inspection
1.3. Modifying/Populating your Database
1.4. Modifying the slapd Configuration Database
1.5. Logging
1.6. Replication
1.6.1. Provider Configuration
1.6.2. Consumer Configuration
1.6.3. Testing
1.7. Access Control
1.8. TLS
1.9. Replication and TLS
1.10. LDAP Authentication
1.11. User and Group Management
1.12. Backup and Restore
1.13. Resources
2. Samba and LDAP
2.1. Software Installation
2.2. LDAP Configuration
2.2.1. Samba schema
2.2.2. Samba indices
2.2.3. Adding Samba LDAP objects
2.3. Samba Configuration
2.4. Resources
3. Kerberos
3.1. Overview
3.2. Kerberos Server
3.2.1. Installation
3.2.2. Configuration
3.3. Secondary KDC
3.4. Kerberos Linux Client
3.4.1. Installation
3.4.2. Configuration
3.5. Resources
4. Kerberos and LDAP
4.1. Configuring OpenLDAP
4.2. Primary KDC Configuration
4.3. Secondary KDC Configuration
4.4. Resources
Chapter 8. Domain Name Service (DNS)
1. Installation
2. Configuration
2.1. Overview
2.2. Caching Nameserver
2.3. Primary Master
2.3.1. Forward Zone File
2.3.2. Reverse Zone File
2.4. Secondary Master
3. Troubleshooting
3.1. Testing
3.1.1. resolv.conf
3.1.2. dig
3.1.3. ping
3.1.4. named-checkzone
3.2. Logging
4. References
4.1. Common Record Types
4.2. More Information
Chapter 9. Security
1. User Management
1.1. Where is root?
1.2. Adding and Deleting Users
1.3. User Profile Security
1.4. Password Policy
1.4.1. Minimum Password Length
1.4.2. Password Expiration
1.5. Other Security Considerations
1.5.1. SSH Access by Disabled Users
1.5.2. External User Database Authentication
2. Console Security
2.1. Disable Ctrl+Alt+Delete
3. Firewall
3.1. Introduction
3.2. ufw - Uncomplicated Firewall
3.2.1. ufw Application Integration
3.3. IP Masquerading
3.3.1. ufw Masquerading
3.3.2. iptables Masquerading
3.4. Logs
3.5. Other Tools
3.6. References
4. AppArmor
4.1. Using AppArmor
4.2. Profiles
4.2.1. Creating a Profile
4.2.2. Updating Profiles
4.3. References
5. Certificates
5.1. Types of Certificates
5.2. Generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
5.3. Creating a Self-Signed Certificate
5.4. Installing the Certificate
5.5. Certification Authority
5.6. References
6. eCryptfs
6.1. Using eCryptfs
6.2. Automatically Mounting Encrypted Partitions
6.3. Other Utilities
6.4. References
Chapter 10. Monitoring
1. Overview
2. Nagios
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration Overview
2.3. Configuration
2.4. References
3. Munin
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Additional Plugins
3.4. References
Chapter 11. Web Servers
1. HTTPD - Apache2 Web Server
1.1. Installation
1.2. Configuration
1.2.1. Basic Settings
1.2.2. Default Settings
1.2.3. httpd Settings
1.2.4. Apache2 Modules
1.3. HTTPS Configuration
1.4. Sharing Write Permission
1.5. References
2. PHP5 - Scripting Language
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. Testing
2.4. References
3. Squid - Proxy Server
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. References
4. Ruby on Rails
4.1. Installation
4.2. Configuration
4.3. References
5. Apache Tomcat
5.1. System-wide installation
5.2. Configuration
5.2.1. Changing default ports
5.2.2. Changing JVM used
5.2.3. Declaring users and roles
5.3. Using Tomcat standard webapps
5.3.1. Tomcat documentation
5.3.2. Tomcat administration webapps
5.3.3. Tomcat examples webapps
5.4. Using private instances
5.4.1. Installing private instance support
5.4.2. Creating a private instance
5.4.3. Configuring your private instance
5.4.4. Starting/stopping your private instance
5.5. References
Chapter 12. Databases
1. MySQL
1.1. Installation
1.2. Configuration
1.3. Database Engines
1.4. Advanced configuration
1.4.1. Creating a tuned my.cnf file
1.4.2. MySQL Tuner
1.5. Resources
2. PostgreSQL
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. Backups
2.4. Resources
Chapter 13. LAMP Applications
1. Overview
2. Moin Moin
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. Verification
2.4. References
3. MediaWiki
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Extensions
3.4. References
4. phpMyAdmin
4.1. Installation
4.2. Configuration
4.3. References
5. WordPress
5.1. Installation
5.2. Configuration
5.3. References
Chapter 14. File Servers
1. FTP Server
1.1. vsftpd - FTP Server Installation
1.2. Anonymous FTP Configuration
1.3. User Authenticated FTP Configuration
1.4. Securing FTP
1.5. References
2. Network File System (NFS)
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. NFS Client Configuration
2.4. References
3. iSCSI Initiator
3.1. iSCSI Initiator Install
3.2. iSCSI Initiator Configuration
3.3. References
4. CUPS - Print Server
4.1. Installation
4.2. Configuration
4.3. Web Interface
4.4. References
Chapter 15. Email Services
1. Postfix
1.1. Installation
1.2. Basic Configuration
1.3. SMTP Authentication
1.4. Configuring SASL
1.5. Mail-Stack Delivery
1.6. Testing
1.7. Troubleshooting
1.7.1. Escaping chroot
1.7.2. Smtps
1.7.3. Log Files
1.7.4. References
2. Exim4
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. SMTP Authentication
2.4. Configuring SASL
2.5. References
3. Dovecot Server
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Dovecot SSL Configuration
3.4. Firewall Configuration for an Email Server
3.5. References
4. Mailman
4.1. Installation
4.1.1. Apache2
4.1.2. Postfix
4.1.3. Exim4
4.1.4. Mailman
4.2. Configuration
4.2.1. Apache2
4.2.2. Postfix
4.2.3. Exim4
4.2.4. Main
4.2.5. Transport
4.2.6. Router
4.2.7. Mailman
4.3. Administration
4.4. Users
4.5. References
5. Mail Filtering
5.1. Installation
5.2. Configuration
5.2.1. ClamAV
5.2.2. Spamassassin
5.2.3. Amavisd-new
5.2.3.1. DKIM Whitelist
5.2.4. Postfix
5.2.5. Amavisd-new and Spamassassin
5.3. Testing
5.4. Troubleshooting
5.5. References
Chapter 16. Chat Applications
1. Overview
2. IRC Server
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. References
3. Jabber Instant Messaging Server
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. References
Chapter 17. Version Control System
1. Bazaar
1.1. Installation
1.2. Configuration
1.3. Learning Bazaar
1.4. Launchpad Integration
2. Git
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. Basic usage
2.4. Installing a gitolite server
2.5. Gitolite configuration
2.6. Managing gitolite users and repositories
2.7. Using your server
3. Subversion
3.1. Installation
3.2. Server Configuration
3.2.1. Create Subversion Repository
3.2.2. Importing Files
3.3. Access Methods
3.3.1. Direct repository access (file://)
3.3.2. Access via WebDAV protocol (http://)
3.3.3. Access via WebDAV protocol with SSL encryption (https://)
3.3.4. Access via custom protocol (svn://)
3.3.5. Access via custom protocol with SSH encryption (svn+ssh://)
4. References
Chapter 18. Samba
1. Introduction
2. File Server
2.1. Installation
2.2. Configuration
2.3. Resources
3. Print Server
3.1. Installation
3.2. Configuration
3.3. Resources
4. Securing File and Print Server
4.1. Samba Security Modes
4.2. Security = User
4.3. Share Security
4.3.1. Groups
4.3.2. File Permissions
4.4. Samba AppArmor Profile
4.5. Resources
5. As a Domain Controller
5.1. Primary Domain Controller
5.2. Backup Domain Controller
5.3. Resources
6. Active Directory Integration
6.1. Accessing a Samba Share
6.2. Accessing a Windows Share
6.3. Resources
Chapter 19. Backups
1. Shell Scripts
1.1. Simple Shell Script
1.2. Executing the Script
1.2.1. Executing from a Terminal
1.2.2. Executing with cron
1.3. Restoring from the Archive
1.4. References
2. Archive Rotation
2.1. Rotating NFS Archives
2.2. Tape Drives
3. Bacula
3.1. Overview
3.2. Installation
3.3. Configuration
3.4. Localhost Backup
3.5. Resources
Chapter 20. Virtualization
1. libvirt
1.1. Virtual Networking
1.2. Installation
1.3. virt-install
1.4. virt-clone
1.5. Virtual Machine Management
1.5.1. virsh
1.5.2. Virtual Machine Manager
1.6. Virtual Machine Viewer
1.7. Resources
2. Cloud images and uvtool
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Creating virtual machines using uvtool
2.2.1. Uvtool packages
2.2.2. Get the Ubuntu Cloud Image with uvt-simplestreams-libvirt
2.2.3. Create the VM using uvt-kvm
2.2.4. Connect to the running VM
2.2.5. Get the list of running VMs
2.2.6. Destroy your VM
2.2.7. More uvt-kvm options
2.3. Resources
3. Ubuntu Cloud
3.1. Installation and Configuration
3.2. Support and Troubleshooting
3.3. Resources
4. LXC
4.1. Installation
4.2. Basic usage
4.2.1. Basic privileged usage
4.2.2. User namespaces
4.2.3. Basic unprivileged usage
4.2.4. Nesting
4.3. Global configuration
4.4. Networking
4.5. LXC startup
4.6. Backing Stores
4.7. Templates
4.8. Autostart
4.9. Apparmor
4.9.1. Customizing container policies
4.10. Control Groups
4.11. Cloning
4.11.1. Snapshots
4.11.2. Ephemeral Containers
4.12. Lifecycle management hooks
4.13. Consoles
4.14. Troubleshooting
4.14.1. Logging
4.14.2. Monitoring container status
4.14.3. Attach
4.14.4. Container init verbosity
4.15. LXC API
4.16. Security
4.16.1. Exploitable system calls
4.17. Resources
Chapter 21. Control Groups
1. Overview
2. Filesystem
3. Delegation
4. Manager
5. Resources
Chapter 22. Clustering
1. DRBD
1.1. Configuration
1.2. Testing
1.3. References
Chapter 23. VPN
1. OpenVPN
1.1. Server Installation
1.2. Public Key Infrastructure Setup
1.2.1. Certificate Authority Setup
1.2.2. Server Certificates
1.2.3. Client Certificates
1.3. Simple Server Configuration
1.4. Simple Client Configuration
1.5. First trouble shooting
1.6. Advanced configuration
1.6.1. Advanced routed VPN configuration on server
1.6.2. Advanced bridged VPN configuration on server
1.6.2.1. Prepare interface config for bridging on server
1.6.2.2. Prepare server config for bridging
1.6.2.3. Client Configuration
1.7. Client software implementations
1.7.1. Linux Network-Manager GUI for OpenVPN
1.7.2. OpenVPN with GUI for Mac OS X: Tunnelblick
1.7.3. OpenVPN with GUI for Win 7
1.7.4. OpenVPN for OpenWRT
1.8. References
Chapter 24. Other Useful Applications
1. pam_motd
2. etckeeper
3. Byobu
4. References
Appendix A. Appendix
1. Reporting Bugs in Ubuntu Server Edition
1.1. Reporting Bugs With apport-cli
1.2. Reporting Application Crashes
1.3. Resources
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