In the last installment, I covered what was done to install LAMP on the server. But remember that we did not install SSH. Why is SSH important? It allows us to remotely connect to the server using tools such as PuTTY, so that we can execute commands, install software, etc.
The command is simple:
sudo aptitude install openssh-server
Installing an SSH client? PuTTY: Read the full post…
I received an email this morning from Full Circle Magazine (they are a “…FREE Independent Magazine (and podcast) for the Ubuntu Linux Community…”) saying that the latest publication is out; and was happy to see that one of my posts, Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux!, was featured in the latest Issue #14! 
You can download and read the latest publication (which includes the “Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux!” post) here: Issue 14 is out!
For those not aware, I posted a follow-up to the original about a month later, where I finalized some extra issues and information. You can find that post here: Ubuntu Linux Plug ‘N Play Zone Revisited
As always… Have fun
The last post I covered the hardware installation for this project. For this section, we’re going to use Ubuntu Linux (8.04 LTS Server Edition 64-bit) to install the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server. If you don’t have that software available, you can get it using the following venues:
1. Download the iso image from: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and burn it to a CD.
2. Order the CD from https://shipit.ubuntu.com/login-server.
Once you have a copy, make sure the BIOS on the PC is set to boot off the CD drive. Put the CD in the drive and simply restart the unit. It should now boot off the CD and display the “select language” screen as seen below. Read the full post…
As mentioned in the introduction (where I listed the hardware and software I used for this hands-on project), we need to ensure that our hardware is set-up and working before moving on.
To recap, here is the list of hardware used:
Shuttle SN68SG2 Socket AM2 Barebone - NVIDIA 7025, Audio, Video, PCI Express, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, Firewire, Serial ATA, 250 Watt Power Supply.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Processor ADA4200CUBOX - 2.20GHz, 1MB Cache, 1000MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB, Windsor, Dual-Core, Retail, Socket AM2, Processor with Fan.
Kingston 1024MB PC5400 DDR2 667MHz Memory (2 of these for 2GB).
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, Browser Problems - Creating a Linux Based Virtual Box - Part 1 of 2 16MB, SATA-300, OEM.
DVD burner: LG GSA H55N Super-Multi Disk Drive 20×20×12
Putting the actual pieces together was very straight forward (use the guide that comes with the Shuttle package). However, I did make one mistake in ordering the hardware…
The Shuttle SN68SG2 comes with it’s own heat sink and cooling system. The metal fins are inserted right behind the fan of the power supply, so that the outbound air blows over the fins and draws heat away from the CPU. (I thought that was an innovative design idea when building such a small-footprint unit). As such, I did not need to order the retail version of the CPU (there’s no use or place, for the fan). Instead, I should have ordered the OEM version of the CPU (without the fan).
Also, after following the instructions that come with the shuttle unit, you may wish to flash the BIOS. I found that I was able to reboot the system with no problem, but whenever I powered it down and then back up (cold start), the PC always tries to boot off the network (until I use the ctrl-alt-del combo to restart it), the shuttle site indicated the fix was BIOS related. It’s probably better to flash the BIOS prior to moving forward (if you’re even interested in fixing this issue). You can fix it with Shuttle’s Flash Utility (awdflash) and the new BIOS (bin file) here: http://global.shuttle.com/download03.jsp?PI=647. Flashing the BIOS is not in the scope of this post, but one guide that gives you the basics of flashing is here: http://howflow.com/tricks/flash_your_award_bios_with_linux. Please remember that Read the full post…
It’s been several day’s since I’ve had the chance to post (I’ve been super busy), so it’s good to have a moment to sit and put my thoughts to pixels (so to speak).
Introduction:
This is the introductory post to a full series where I’ll be posting how I installed an Ubuntu Linux LAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP and cgi-bin) server with a GUI (I needed to use it as a desktop PC at the same time), the appropriate media playback codecs (flash, DVD, MP3, Quicktime MOV, WMV, WMA, MP4, M4A), OpenSSH, PureFTP and FFMpeg (FFmpeg, FFmpeg-PHP, Mplayer, Mencoder, flv2tool, LAME MP3 Encoder, Libogg, Libvorbis).
This “hands-on” project is broken into topics:
2. LAMP installation with cgi-bin.
4. Configuration of the First Website.
5. Installation of PHPMyAdmin.
6. Configuration of cgi-bin and SSI.
7. Installation of the Ubuntu Desktop and Media Codecs and MS fonts.
8. Installation of DVD Playback Capability.
9. Installation of PureFTP.
10. Installation of Webmin and Usermin.
11. Installation of FFMpeg and Related Packages (and ionCube).
12. Troubleshooting.
Needless to say, this did take Read the full post…
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