Ubuntu Server Basic Template - VMWare

This is more for my reference, but your welcome to read through.

Ubuntu Server Basic Template for VMWare VM

#. Comment out Set Static IP and LAN paremeters for easy deployment to static IP. (Resolveconf)

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
 
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.###
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.###
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
dns-search freesoftwareservers.com

#. SSH RSA + LDAP

# Test LDAP - Disable Login via SSH via PWD && retest login

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config && sudo service ssh restart
 
PermitRootLogin no
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
#AuthorizedKeysFile      %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
PermitEmptyPasswords no
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
PasswordAuthentication no

#. Bash Improvements

#. Open-VM-Tools

#. PostFix

#. NFS Mount

#. UFW

#. Fail2Ban

sudo apt-get update && echo y | sudo apt-get upgrade && echo y | sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo reboot

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Ubuntu Server Basic Template - VMWare