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====== Install Slackware on a CloudVPS by ArubaCloud ====== | ====== Install Slackware on a CloudVPS by ArubaCloud ====== | ||
- | ArubaCloud offers excellent low-cost VPS services, starting at 1 € / month //(at least when this article | + | ArubaCloud offers excellent low-cost VPS services, starting at 2.79 € / month //(updated May 2020; was 1€/month in feb. 2018, see ArubaCloud |
- | This article refers to installing Slackware on [[https:// | + | This article refers to installing Slackware on [[https:// |
- | You can request a free trial [[https:// | + | |
//**This guide does not cover Cloud Pro or other services by ArubaCloud**//, | //**This guide does not cover Cloud Pro or other services by ArubaCloud**//, | ||
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- load credit into your account (free trial voucher or purchase credit) | - load credit into your account (free trial voucher or purchase credit) | ||
- create VPS based on predefined OS template | - create VPS based on predefined OS template | ||
- | This guide has been written using an **Ubuntu | + | This guide has been written using an **Ubuntu |
+ | (//updated May 2020//) | ||
===== Information gathering ===== | ===== Information gathering ===== | ||
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<note tip>For a server installation you might want to skip KDE, T, TCL, X, XAP, XFCE package series</ | <note tip>For a server installation you might want to skip KDE, T, TCL, X, XAP, XFCE package series</ | ||
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+ | <note tip> | ||
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Make sure you have enough free space in your FTP account. This will take up several GB of data. | Make sure you have enough free space in your FTP account. This will take up several GB of data. | ||
- | In your Slackware virtual machine: | + | **In your Slackware virtual machine:** |
+ | |||
+ | * Stop all unneccesary services (inetd, | ||
+ | * Optimize disk by overwriting all free space with zeros (helps with compression, | ||
+ | < | ||
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+ | * Export disk image | ||
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* If your VPS is turned off, turn it on and wait until startup is completed (see progress indicator) | * If your VPS is turned off, turn it on and wait until startup is completed (see progress indicator) | ||
* Under " | * Under " | ||
- | * Open the recover | + | * Open the recovery |
* log in to your server, as root | * log in to your server, as root | ||
- | * check running processes and stop any unnecessary daemons (though basic template doesn' | + | |
+ | | ||
+ | * **you must also disable swap memory.** | ||
* run the following command: | * run the following command: | ||
< | < | ||
- | <note tip>This may take a while, even hours, depending on the available bandwidth between Aruba' | + | <note tip>This may take a while, even hours, depending on the available bandwidth between Aruba' |
- | <note warning> | + | <note warning> |
- | When finished successfully: | + | **IMMEDIATELY after it finished successfully: |
* Go to "Cloud servers" | * Go to "Cloud servers" | ||
* Under " | * Under " | ||
<note warning> | <note warning> | ||
+ | Start your Slackware ArubaCloud server: | ||
+ | * Go to "Cloud servers" | ||
+ | * Under " | ||
+ | * wait for it to start (//if it takes apparently too long reload the page. Apparently sometimes the UI doesn' | ||
+ | * Under " | ||
+ | * Open the recovery console. You'll get to see your server' | ||
+ | * log in to your server, as root | ||
+ | * run netconfig to set up the network according to ArubaCloud IP settings (//your wrote them down earlier//) | ||
+ | * just to make sure everything works properly, reboot your machine. | ||
+ | * restart the recovery console after reboot | ||
+ | * check that everything is ok | ||
+ | * check that you can log in remotely | ||
+ | <note important> | ||
+ | **Now you have a running Slackware64-14.2 in an ArubaClould VPS.** | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Additional configuration ===== | ||
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+ | Since it runs under VMware hypervisor, it is useful to have the VMware-tools installed. I recommend you install the open-source version from Slackbuilds: | ||
+ | |||
+ | After your install the package and start the tools, you can verify that it works properly by: | ||
+ | * Go to "Cloud servers" | ||
+ | * Under " | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is the normal shutdown procedure initiated at the request of the hypervisor, received by open-vm-tools and performed in the guest OS to obtain a clean system shutdown. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The "Force switch off" is equivalent to pressing the power button on a physical computer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Enjoy your Slackware VPS!** | ||
====== References ====== | ====== References ====== | ||
- | * [[https:// | + | |
+ | | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
====== Sources ====== | ====== Sources ====== | ||
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- | * Originally written by [[wiki: | + | |
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