SUNScholar/Install Ubuntu/S01

Step 1. Requirements

Please click here to find out why Ubuntu was selected as the server platform.

We use the LTS versions of Ubuntu for our servers. The server installation CD can be downloaded from:

Note: Select the version of Ubuntu you want to install. We suggest 12.04 for now.

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/ubuntulinux/12.04/ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64.iso

ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/iso-images/ubuntulinux/10.04/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-amd64.iso

Burn the above ISO image to a blank CD. Do not copy it as data, it MUST be burned as an ISO image.

If you have problems burning your own CD, then please ask your IT support people to help you.

Please read hardware upgrading to view the pro's and con's of virtualisation, if you are considering virtualisation.

At the moment we use a DELL R710 server. With the following specifications:

The following partition scheme is reccomended.

/	ROOT partition, where all the system software is installed	10GB Minimum - 20GB preferred
n/a	SWAP partition	2x installed RAM
/var	VAR partition, where all the log files and database files are installed	10GB Minimum - 50GB preferred. This depends on how big your database index files get and how large the log files.
/home	HOME partition, where all the DSpace software files and bitstreams are stored	All the rest of the total disk capacity.

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