Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Recommended)

This section describes the necessary steps to perform the installation of Ubuntu 20.04

Installation

Please find below a step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS with screenshots at every step.

Choose your desired language. Please use English in case any troubleshooting will be required

Update to the latest Installer

Choose your Keyboard Layout

Your ethernet cable should get an IP address automatically through DHCP (in our case we have 10.0.2.15)

No proxy needed in our case, but your case could be different

Leave this option selected as default or change the servers if you need to do that

Use the entire disk

Confirm the selection and choose Done to continue

All your data on the hard drive will be lost!!! Continue

Setup the Profile as you see fit and select "Done" to continue

Select "Install OpenSSH" server and continue

No selection is required here. Select "Done" to continue

Wait for the installation to complete

Installation is now complete. Select "Reboot Now" to continue

Login to your new OS using the username and password created above

Make a note of you IP address

Make sure your SSH server is up and running so you can connect to the node remotely.

SSH Connection

Please continue to the SSH Connection session to find out on how to connect to your node remotely.