Configuration for lab server running Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin"

Installation Prerequisites

• Bootable USB drive with Ubuntu Server 12.04 "Precise" AMD64 installer, e.g. ubuntu-12.04.1-server-amd64.iso
• Internet router serving DHCP
• Built-in Ethernet port eth0 connected to Internet router
• Secondary Ethernet port eth1 connected to internal network

Installation Instructions

• Boot from the Ubuntu Server 12.04 "Precise" AMD64 install drive
• Press Enter to accept English
• Press F6, then ESC, to show the boot arguments line
• Add auto=true url=git.io/precise-preseed to the end, and press Enter
• The installation should begin, and you should not see any questions about language or keyboard
• Select eth0 as the primary network interface
• Hostname: assembly -- do not use any existing value!
• Continue through the prompts until you reach "Finish partitioning"
  1. Go up to the line ending in /srv/home and press Enter
  2. Select "Use as" and select "Ext4" -- yes, even though it was already selected!
  3. Select "Done setting up partition"
  4. Repeat steps 1-3 with the line ending in /
  5. And repeat with the line ending in swap, except choose "Use as" "swap area"
  6. Now select "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk"
• At the end of the installation, remove the USB drive and reboot

Post-Installation Instructions

• Immediately log in and change the root password
• Run /root/setup-ldap and provide the LDAP replication password (after a few seconds, getent passwd should show MEET users)