Ubuntu Server Installation

Step 16: By clicking on “Add Hardware”, you can add additional hard disks, network adapters. In our case, we will not add any additional hardware. So cancel “Add hardware” wizard.

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Step 17: Power on your vm.

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Step 18: Select the language. In our case, we have chosen “English”.

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Step 19: Select “Install Ubuntu Server” & press enter.

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Step 20: Select “English” as language.

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Step 21: Select you location.

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Step 22: Configure keyboard. Select “No” on “detect keyboard layout” screen. Select English(us) in other keyboard settings as shown in screenshots.

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Step 23: It is showing detecting hardware screen.

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Step 24: Give hostname to your system. We are keeping it default hostname of “ubuntu”. Click on continue.

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Step 25: Specify the full name of new user. In our case, we have chosen “vipin” as full user name.

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Step 26: Choose some username. In our case, we have chosen “vipin”.

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Step 27: Choose password & confirm password.

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Step 28: If it gives weak password usage warning. Click on yes for option “Use weak password”.

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Step 29: Select “No” for encrypting your home directory. We do not want to encrypt our home directory.

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Step 30: It is showing clock setting screen.

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Step 31: Click on yes if zone setting are correct.  Since it has correctly identified our zone, so we clicked on yes.

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Step 32: Choose “Guided – use entire disk and set up LVM” as partitioning method. It will automatically create partitions for you.

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Step 33: Press enter here.

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Step 34: Click on yes.

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Step 35: How much hard disk you want to use for partitioning. Just click on continue.

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Step 36:  Showing partitioning screen

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Step 37: Choose yes.

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Step 38: Showing formatting of partitions.

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