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This page will walk through what I did to install Ubuntu 22.04 Server for use in my home network.

I’m installing it as a Virtual Machine using Virtual Box 7.0, but these instructions should be valid if you are installing on a Physical Machine as well which I will do once I have confirmed this is working the way I expect it to.

Virtual Machine Specs

The Virtual Machine Specs I set up for this are:

In VirtualBox 7.0 you can do what is called an Unattended Installation. I believe this is only available for certain Operating Systems but since I have not explored that option fully I am skipping it for now.

Follow these instructions to install Ubuntu 22.04 Server:

1. Power on the Machine.
2. When Presented with the GNU GRUB screen, select ‘Try or Install Ubuntu Server‘.
3. Ubuntu starts the boot process.
4. When Presented with a Language Selection Menu, select your language.
5. Your keyboard configuration may already be selected for you. If not select your keyboard and then select ‘Done‘.
6. Choose the Type of install. For this document I am going to choose ‘Ubuntu Server‘ and also select ‘Search for third-party drivers’.
7. On the Network connections screen my network settings have been filled in automatically by DHCP. This is satisfactory for me so I choose ‘Done‘.
8. On the Configure proxy screen you can choose to configure a proxy. This can be common in a corporate environment but in my case as my home network I don’t need to do this. Click ‘Done‘ when satisfied.
9. On the Configure Ubuntu archive mirror screen you can safely click ‘Done‘ unless you know otherwise.
10. On the Guided storage configuration screen I chose Use an entire disk and Set up this disk as an LVM Group. I did NOT encrypt. Select ‘Done‘.
11. On the Storage configuration screen I accepted the summary and selected ‘Done‘.
12. On the Confirm destructive action dialogue box I selected ‘Continue‘ since this is a new machine and I am confident I am not overwriting anything.
13. On the Profile setup screen I typed my name, chose a server name, chose a user name and password then selected ‘Done‘.
14. On the Upgrade to Ubuntu Pro screen select ‘Skip for now‘ then select ‘Continue‘.
15. On the SSH Setup screen select ‘Install OpenSSH server’, then select ‘Done‘.
16. On the Third-party drivers screen I see that “No applicable third-party drivers are available locally or online.” so I select ‘Continue‘.
17. On the Featured Server Snaps screen I’m leaving it all blank. This document is about installing Ubuntu and not about snaps so I may do another document on that later. Select ‘Done‘.
18. You will see a message that it is installing the system and then security updates. When it is ready you will be able to select ‘Reboot Now‘.
19. Once you have rebooted you should be given a login prompt. You can now login with the user you created.
20. When you login you will get some statistics about the system, one of which is the IP address. You can use that IP address to ssh to the host now and do some of the other things outlined in this document.

Additional Resources

Here are additional resources that will be useful in configuring your server.

Additional Useful Tools

Install additional packages:

$ sudo apt install members
$ sudo apt install net-tools

Additional Pages to review

How to Install and Configure an NFS Server on Ubuntu 22.04

How to Install and Configure an NFS Server on Ubuntu 22.04

How to Install a Desktop (GUI) on an Ubuntu Server

https://phoenixnap.com/kb/how-to-install-a-gui-on-ubuntu