How to Install Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 Sublime Text may be downloaded and evaluated for free, however a license must be purchased for continued use. Geany is a great editor, however when displaying YAML files, there is no assistance with the very specific spacing required.Īn alternative editor with specific support for YAML is Sublime Text. Geany will now appear in the list of installed application in the GUI. If vi and vi improved (VIM) are not your thing, Geany comes well recommended. Settings > Power > Power Saving > Blank Screen Click the drop-down arrow in the top right corner, and choose the tools. Restart when requested.įrom the GUI, change the time before the screen blanks and you need to re-enter the password.
Click the Activities heading on the top left of the screen and click the gear icon to watch update progress.
Whilst you are there, install the software updates. You will probably get an additional login inside the GUI, and a request to create a colour managed device - click Cancel. This will launch RDP client, and you can login from there If you are launching from the Run box (Windows-R), try this command: mstsc /v:a.b.c.d /w:1280 /h:1024 You can now access your Linux machine via RDP on Windows. I am used to managing all my windows servers with RDP (MSTSC).
apt updateĪpt install -no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktopįor a full desktop install, with Open Office, games, etc, remove the "-no-install-recommends". The example here installs a base version of the default Ubuntu desktop. There are also multiple options for desktop environments and metaphors, or other management options such as webmin. The GUI is optional - you don't need a GUI for this solution to work. bashrc" and adding the following to the end: if then No idea what was done differently, but you can fix it by running "nano. I thought I did two identical installs - one had a colour CLI (TERM=xterm-256color), and the other a mostly B/W CLI (TERM=xterm). Make the changes permanent with "netplan apply" In this case, ens160 has the matching DHCP address and is the one to be modified.Įdit the networking YAML file: nano /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml Run the command "ip a" (short for ip address) to verify current network settings and IDs.
YAML files and netplan is how it is done now. Ubuntu 18.04 changes network management significantly. Either add " sudo " before each command, or run " sudo -s" to set the elevated privilege until you end the session. It is best to run all of the following commands as superuser/root. Now for all the post-install updates and tweaks.
Create a new Virtual Machine based on Ubuntu Linux 64 bit.Prepare your hypervisor environment (I am using ESX).Apparently they are closer to System 5 rather than Debian, and there is much ongoing discussion. Note that Ubuntu 18.04 has moved to a whole new set of mechanisms for configuration that are quite different to those you may be used to in 16.04. I have based the build in this example on Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (for Long Term Support - up to April 2023). Ubuntu Linux - host platform in this series for Ansible and AWX.
Tower from Red Hat is the commercial offering. Following posts will include Aruba module installs, testing, etc.
Not everybody is a regular Linux user in this post and subsequent ones, I want to make it as easy as possible to prepare an environment to get started with Ansible. There are some excellent resources about automation, Ansible, etc in the ABC Airheads Broadcasting Channel on YouTube, including Intro to Ansible with Aruba Switching Modules. With the recent release of the Aruba Switching Modules for Ansible, it is relevant for more than just the large or cloud-centric data centres. Ansible is a free automation tool that has already been used for many years in the server space, and is spreading into the network area. There is no doubt that automation will play a growing part in the future of networking.