Downloading Ubuntu Server 22.04.4
Streamline your learning process! I’ll start with a detailed guide on downloading and setting up Ubuntu Server 22.04 on Proxmox, the foundation for my upcoming ‘how-to’ tutorials.
To get started, we need to download Ubuntu Server 22.04.4.
Go to Datacenter > “Your Node” > Local > ISO Images
Click Download from URL
Enter the following URL into the URL field, and click Query URL.
https://releases.ubuntu.com/jammy/ubuntu-22.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso
It should look something like this, if you completed this correctly.
Click download, and it should start downloading the ISO for you to use.
*This can take a while depending on your internet speed.*
You can tell once it is done, as you should be able to see “TASK OK”.
Creating the Virtual Machine
Right Click on your local node, and click “Create VM”
This is going to bring up a popup on screen. Here are some of the basic options you will see.
- Node: (This is going to be the physical server you want to run this on.)
- VMID: (This is the ID number assigned to the VM)
- Name: (This is what you are going to name your Virtual Machine)
- Advanced: (Always make sure this is selected)
- Start at Boot: (Select this if you want the VM to power on when the server does)
- Start/Shutdown Order: (What order do you want the VM to be powered on)
Under the OS tab. You are going to want to make sure of the following is selected.
- Storage: “Local”
- ISO image: “ubuntu-22.04.4-live-server-amd64.iso”
- Type: Linux
- Version: 6.x – 2.6 Kernel
Under the system tab, we can keep everything the default except:
- Qemu Agent: (Selected)
Under Disks, this is where you can change things regarding the hard drive. The only thing that I change is the storage space. I recommend a minimum of 64GB.
Under the CPU tab, I recommend only changing the CORES. For each “core”, it is going to count as a CPU thread. You can only give out as many CPU cores, as you have threads on your computer.
For example, my server is configured with 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 processors.
Total Cores. 20 ; Total Threads. 40
That means I can use up to 40 cores on a single VM. You can have 2 VMs with 40 cores, but you are going to run into issues with performance. I would recommend dividing them up equally.
Note: If you are having issues with slow performance on the VM. Make sure you have sockets set to 1 and cores set to the amount you want.
Under the Memory Tab, this is where you can change the amount of memory your system gets. This is in Mebibytes and not Gibibytes. There is a 1024 MiB in 1 GiB. My recommendation is 2 GiB per core that you allotted.
Under the networking tab, I recommend that you keep it set to default.
Under the confirm tab, you want to make sure everything is correct.
Select “Start after created”, and click finish.
Configuration of Ubuntu
If everything was done correctly. You should be greeted to this screen.
Click on “Console”, and it should bring you to the vitural machiene.
Hit “enter” to select English.
Hit “enter” again, for default keyboard configuration.
Hit “enter” for normal Ubuntu Server install.
Hit “enter” for default network configuration.
Please take note of the VM’s IP address.
Hit “enter” as we do not have a proxy.
Hit “enter” once the archive mirror passes
Hit “tab” 3 times, and the hit “enter” once “Done” is highlighted.
Hit “tab” and then “enter” to confirm installation.
The next step is going to set up your user account, and name the computer.
The next question it is going to ask you, is setting up Ubuntu Pro. I always skip this.
Now it is going to ask you if you want to install an OpenSSH server. You want to do this, as it is going to make your life easier.
Don’t worry. We are almost done here.
Now it is asking if you want to install any additional applications. I do not select any of them.
Once the install is completed, you will shown the following screen.
You are going to see this warning message. Just ignore it, and hit “enter”.
Once you see this screen. You are ready to login.
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