Change Path Return to the basic

Okay, Yesterday i'm trying to setup a virtual server using freebsd. but turns out i wreck everything. FreeBSD is just not my thing (yet..).

All i want is a server that i can use to cache. With all the experience with ubuntu, I finally decide to get back to the basic. Ubuntu Server. So now i'm installing a UBUNTU Server to serve as a Cache Server to my Network. But this one is on virtual machine that work in real world.

Lets do this, shall we. Just relax. Its not as hard as FreeBSD (I can assure. I know.) :-)

1. First, go download any iso from hxxp://www.ubuntu.com/server/get-ubuntu/download

Choose your most suitable Ubuntu Server Version from the page and go to download.
Now, if you gonna make a virtual server, you don't have to burn it. just leave it as an iso file in a place you can access.

2. I'm not gonna guide you in making a virtual machine since it depends on your preferences and the software you use. So just assign the iso files as a cd in your virtual machine and go ahead  fire up your VM. until you see this screen...

On the screen above you get to choose what language you gonna use in the installation . Go ahead, choose the language you understand best. for this I choose English.

3. Then we got this:

Now i thing this is self explainatory. Choose Install Ubuntu Server

4. Now On this screen you get to choose the language you wanna use for the entire operating system.

Then your region that will be used to adjust the later mirror and timezones automatically.

Your Keyboard Layout

And wait a momment while ubuntu installer working to probe your hardware and disks

Set Your Desired Name for the server (this one used to identify this single server on the network.)

5. Now disk Partitioning.

 I'm going to use the manual and here is what i get when selecting manual

This might seems a bit overwhelming but acctually its not. just read the instruction on the screen and you should get it.

So, I have assigned a 20GB disk to My VBox Machine. This is my partitioning scheme.

If you notice, I use ReiserFS for my going-to-be cache partition. You can search about it in google. also i just give 4.9GB for my "/" partition since i'm not gonna put anything else on the server besides squid. so i think it is sufficient to handle all the home var and usr directory.

After you satisfied with the partition scheme of your choice just select finish partitioning and write changes to disk. and confirm it in the next screen.


6. Wait again for the installation process to ask other things it needed.

Alright. Now Enter your Full Name here

Then your desired Username

And your password twice

Configure your proxy server you use to connect to internet. if you don't use proxy, just hit enter.

Now wait again.Ubuntu Installer will check its online repo with your iso available packages using apt. It might took a while depending on your connection speed.

New Day

Okay,
Today Started with noon. Wake up and straight get to my pc infront of my bed. (as usual). Trying to pickup where I've left the last time.

The last thing i search for makes me interested. which is the dynamic caching of web content such as youtube and other server side generated content. I last time ran into Lusca and have tried to pair it with ubuntu server 10.10 in a virtualbox and attached it with my network. but instead of having performance boost in my network, my brother complained that the connection is alot slower than the usual.

So i think something wrong. I think its something of the packaging or something else since i knew so much little about programming moreover in linux environment.

Get google do the work for me and ran into some site that bring me to a conclussion that i have to patch squid manually and get my hand dirty with a distro i never imagine i would use. The FreeBSD and/or CentOS.

So this afternoon i go hunting to Pajus and get myself a copy DVD of several titles namely, FreeBSD 7.2, CentOS 5, Microsoft Flight Simulator (a game i have wanting for a month) X, Tron:Evolution, COD : Blackops , and a MS SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition. Geez that cost me a hundred grands.

Ok so now in to the mud!
Decided to Install FreeBSD on VirtualBox. I get a MAJOR headache in an instance. Presented with low GUI makes me feel its gonna be a hard ride ahead. So i brace my self and set my mind that i have to achieve the SUPER PROXY stuffs people have been mentioning lately.

There done at last. now on to program installation.