Easy install of a LMDE repository mirror
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:05 am
The goal of this tutorial is to prepare and maintain a repository mirror with quick and easy steps without requiring advanced Linux sysadmin skills. Once done, the mirror URL can be send to the Mint team for addition on the mirrors page, ready to be used by Linux Mint Debian users around the world. Please note that in the moment of writing, the current Update Pack is number 5.
Choose server and system
What you need
Server OS installation
The installing of Ubuntu Server really depends on your hosting provider. Most of the time for rented servers, the hosting provider has a management interface that lets you easily select the system and disk partitioning. If you're housing your own server, you may have to call the datacenter team to be your "eyes and hands" to install Ubuntu Server from ISO. Just go for a basic install, only make sure you get OpenSSH access (or you won't be able to administrate your server, obviously).
Disk partitioning: don't waste any free space, I say. Put a 2 GB swap partition, use the rest for / (root partition).
Once done, you should have a server running Ubuntu Server 12.10, waiting for you to work on it through OpenSSH (root account with password authentication).
In the next post, we gonna do basic configuration (usual user account, access rights, basic security..)
Choose server and system
What you need
- a dedicated server (rented or purchased) with the following:
- 100 Mb/s internet connection, or faster, unmetered traffic or cheap/not so much slowed down traffic above monthly 5 TB
- 750 GB or more disk space
- 512 MB RAM or more
- 700 MHz CPU or faster
- basic service, 99.99% uptime guarantee..
- Ubuntu Server 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" with OpenSSH access
Server OS installation
The installing of Ubuntu Server really depends on your hosting provider. Most of the time for rented servers, the hosting provider has a management interface that lets you easily select the system and disk partitioning. If you're housing your own server, you may have to call the datacenter team to be your "eyes and hands" to install Ubuntu Server from ISO. Just go for a basic install, only make sure you get OpenSSH access (or you won't be able to administrate your server, obviously).
Disk partitioning: don't waste any free space, I say. Put a 2 GB swap partition, use the rest for / (root partition).
Once done, you should have a server running Ubuntu Server 12.10, waiting for you to work on it through OpenSSH (root account with password authentication).
In the next post, we gonna do basic configuration (usual user account, access rights, basic security..)