Server on the Desktop: Server Suite install
If you want to use your Server only in the home network, for example, a file server, you need to not necessarily rely on a Server Distribution. It can also be sufficient to install the corresponding programs, for example, on your Desktop computer. Proceed as follows (these instructions apply to Linux Mint 17.3):
- You install the Apache Server with the package Manager or in Terminal via the command line command "sudo apt-get install apache2".
- You start the Server with the command "sudo service apache2 start".
- Your Server should now be in the home network via the IP address, you can find out via the command line command "ipfconfig".
- It's worth it, for the Server a fixed IP, so that you don't have to find out always new. The can NetworkManager be adjusted, or directly in the Router (refer to, for example, here is the fourth tip).
Apache2 Web Server
Ubuntu Server on a server system install - step 1: preparation
If you have a stand-alone Server, setting up to, for example, the Linux Distribution "Ubuntu Server" at. You should connect to the Server for reasons of stability and ease of configuration via cable to the home network. A cable connection is assumed in this manual.
- You can create a Ubuntu-Server installation media and run it on the Server.
- Select the language (if you choose the English Version, are, unfortunately, some of the menu items remain in English).
- Select "install Ubuntu Server".
- Next, the beginning of the follow position, and the keyboard detection. They are based simply on the instructions of the installation program.
- Select a computer name and set the user to the Administration.
- The System proposes you to encrypt the users files. This is recommended, because the encrypted files are protected from unauthorized access, if you are not logged in.
- Now follow the instructions of the installer to partition the hard disk.
Ubuntu Server on a server system install - step 2: Installation
Now the Installation of the system follows. You can also specify whether the Server should connect to via a Proxy with the network.
- Choose a way to keep the System up-to-date. If you select automatic Updates, it could be that problems occur when an Update fails. You should have the System for safety reasons, always keep up to date.
- Next, you can choose from a number of popular Server applications. You can install the base system, for example, a Samba Server, which allows file sharing with Windows computers, or a MySQL database.
- You may be asked to provide settings for the additional packages (for example, the root password for the MySQL database).
- When the Installation is complete, you should remove the installation media and restart the System.
- The Server is now set up. You can set the user name to login and the other configuration, for example, for an FTP Server.
Security of Internet servers
If you want to operate your Server with connection to the Internet, you should be very careful with security measures. Web servers are often exposed to attacks from the Internet and must therefore be protected. The conditions also change continuously. Therefore, you should keep up to date.
- You are not running a web server on a Desktop System, especially if this is for you important data.
- Perform regular Backups of data and configuration files on the Server and store these as far as possible without connecting to the network.
- If you administer your Server with ssh, you should consider whether it is necessary to be able to this is also from the Internet do. You can allow only IP addresses from the local network, and make sure you change the access sport, if you allow access from the Internet. Also, a key authentication is recommended.
- You run as few services as possible. If you, for example, no Samba Server, you can disable this or uninstall it.
If you have a FritzBox, you can also set up a FTP Server. In our next tip we will show you how to do that.
