Linux/Virtual Server Setup Guide

Step 1: Prepare local linux terminal

• Install Windows Subsystem for Linux / Ubuntu
• Open local linux terminal and complete initial setup

Step 2: Generate Cloud VM (Hetzner, Netcup,...)

• Install latest Ubuntu LTS
• Set username / password
• Write down information required for next steps:
  • VM IP, VM username, VM password

Step 3: Adjust DNS entries

• Make sure the desired DNS entries point to the (new?) IP of the VM. (IPv4 + IPv6)
• Verify from the local terminal that the DNS entry is pointing to the correct ip

nslookup {hostname}

Step 4: Set up VM

• Open local linux terminal
• Connect to VM:

ssh {user}@{hostname}

Install basics

apt update
apt install mc aptitude nmap plocate

Uninstall snapd

apt install apparmor apport apt bcache-tools btrfs-progs cloud-init cryptsetup dbus \
lvm2 mdadm multipath-tools netbase ntfs-3g open-iscsi pollinate snapd ssh-import-id \
sudo systemd systemd-sysv ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-release-upgrader-core udev xfsprogs
apt purge ubuntu-server-minimal
snap remove lxd core20 core22 snapd
apt purge snapd ntfs-3g
apt autoremove

Install fail2ban

apt install fail2ban
cp /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf /etc/fail2ban/jail.local
systemctl enable fail2ban
systemctl restart fail2ban

Add swapfile

sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile

add to /etc/fstab
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.gpg
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo apt update
apt-cache policy docker-ce
sudo apt install docker-ce

Install munin-node

apt install munin-node
ip addr show docker0 | grep 'inet\b' | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1

• /etc/munin/munin-node.conf

...
# allow ^127\.0\.0\.1$
# allow ^::1$
#
# cidr_allow 127.0.0.1/32
# cidr_allow 192.0.2.0/24
# cidr_deny  192.0.2.42/32

# Which address to bind to;
# host *
host 172.17.0.1                # output of previous ip addr command
# host 127.0.0.1

cd /etc/munin/plugins
rm df_inode diskstats if_docker0 if_err_docker0 if_err_eth0 interrupts
rm irqstats open_files open_inodes proc_pri vmstat entropy fw_packets