This step by step guide will walk you through the steps to install and configure your first Ubuntu Server 17.10.
Prerequisites:
Installing Ubuntu 17.10 64bit Server
We will install our first Ubuntu 17.10 64bit Server on a virtual machine with 4GB of memory and 80GB of disk space as show in image below.
Start booting from CD/DVD or USB bootable media of Ubuntu Server and select your preferred language
From the selection screen, choose Install Ubuntu Server and press ENTER
Select your preferred language and press ENTER to continue
Select your Country and press enter to continue
No need to detect keyboard layout so select No and press ENTER
Select your preferred origin for the keyboard and press ENTER
Select you preferred Keyboad Layout and press ENTER
Process begin
Type Hostname for your Ubuntu machine and Press Continue
Type Full name for new username and press Continue
Type Username and press Continue
Type Password for new user and press Continue
Type your password again to confirm and press Continue
Choose No and press ENTER
It will automatically detect and set up your timezone. If you want set up manually, press Cancel
If you are okay with automatically detected time zone then press Yes
Hardware detection process begin
We will use first option for disk partitioning. Here you can choose your preferred disk partitioning method.
If you have more than one disk installed in your system then choose appropriate disk for partitioning.
Choose Yes and press ENTER
Partitioning process begin
If you have internet proxy in your environment, enter details here or leave blank and press continue
Wait for completion
Choose appropriate update option for your Ubuntu machine and press ENTER
Installation process begin.
Select appropriate Software to install and leave it blank for basic installation and press Continue
Software installing process begin
Press ENTER to Yes
Installing grub boot loader
Press Continue to finish the installation
This is the first screen of your Ubuntu 17.10 Server booting first time
Press ENTER
Here you can login with the username and password you created during installation
Here you go
We are done installing our first Ubuntu 17.10 Server.