In this guide I will show you how to create an Ubuntu Server 20.04 VM on ESXi 7.0 and setup basic security such as firewall and SSH key.
Head over to the releases page and download the image. For this guide, we will be using the “64-bit PC (AMD64) server install image”.
Continue readingBy configuring a static IP address to your Ubuntu server machine you are simply assuring that the address won’t change when the machine reboots. This is useful specially if you are self hosting services and you want to ensure that they are always available.
Continue readingAn easy way to send emails from an Ubuntu machine for things such as system alerts is by using SSMTP.
Start by installing the ssmtp package by running:
sudo apt-get install ssmtpOnce complete, edit the configuration file by located at /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf (I use nano as my editor):