{"id":316,"date":"2024-12-11T00:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T00:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bblaze.xyz\/?p=316"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:06:46","slug":"ubuntu-droplet-at-digitalocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jb03.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/11\/ubuntu-droplet-at-digitalocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Droplet at DigitalOcean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Go-ahead and create your account. Once that’s done you may be a page with a bunch of funky squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, click on “Explore Our Control Panel”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should get a page that looks something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now you can click on that first image or the link “Spin up a Droplet”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose your data center:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Then select your OS image:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Special Note: as of December 2024, Virtualmin does not yet support Ubuntu 24.10.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always confirm your distribution and version are compliant by checking here: https:\/\/www.virtualmin.com\/docs\/os-support\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, choose your server’s specifications. I have a $200 credit that I want to take for a test drive. So I’m selecting a set up beyond my needs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Scroll down on the page and enter a robust password.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now you can go ahead and click on the “Create Droplet” button on the bottom right.<\/p>\n\n\n

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DigitalOcean is going to create your server. Will probably take several seconds. When complete, you will see something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Now you have the IP address of the server. So we are ready to create the DNS records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If your system does not have a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), the installer will stop and ask you to choose one. This is mandatory because many services rely on having a fully qualified domain name in order to function. Mail, in particular, but some Apache configurations and many of the Virtualmin-created configuration files, also require a valid fully qualified domain name to function correctly. A fully qualified domain name is one of the form host.example.com<\/em>, or simply example.com<\/em> (but do not use a name you\u2019ll be hosting in Virtualmin).
\u2013 Virtualmin Documentation: https:\/\/www.virtualmin.com\/docs\/installation\/automated\/#questions-virtualmin-installsh-might-ask-you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go back and read that last part again: but do not use a name you’ll be hosting in Virtualmin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My test domains happened to be hosted at Namecheap. So I will add the following DNS records there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our new server, Virtualmin is going to use the FQDN panel.imfbsbn.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A little further down on the page (if NameCheap is your registrar) you can enter the MX record.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We are now ready to log into the server. Using your favorite SSH client, navigate to the server and login with user root and the robust password you previously entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very first time you log into the server the SSH client will not recognize the server’s digital fingerprint\/key. So you will have to enter “yes” in order to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n

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After that, you will be prompted for your password. Enter it & press enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our initial login, we see the OS is telling us that updates are available:<\/p>\n\n\n

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The first thing we want to do here is run the update command. Type in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

apt update<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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Press enter to run the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we want to run the upgrade command. Type in the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
apt upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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As usual, you have to press enter to run the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The system will show you a list of all the packages that will upgrade. When prompted, the “Y” is the default. So you can just press enter.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Just in case one of the packages updated the kernel is always a good idea to restart the machine. Type in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reboot<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After you hit enter the machine will automatically restart. Should take about a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go ahead and log back in via SSH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now it’s time to install Virtualmin itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copy and paste the following line into your SSH client:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sh -c \"$(curl -fsSL https:\/\/software.virtualmin.com\/gpl\/scripts\/virtualmin-install.sh)\" -- --bundle LAMP<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
and naturally, press the enter key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NOTE: you should always check this page here for the most updated script: https:\/\/www.virtualmin.com\/download\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your server will download the installation script and begin to run it.<\/p>\n\n\n
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If everything appears to be in order, and you’re ready to go, press “y” and then press enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This script will download and begin the loading process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At some point the installation is going to ask you about a fully qualified domain name. This is where you are going to enter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
panel.imfbsbn.com<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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The installer will continue. Be patient. On small underpowered systems it may take 10-15 minutes. Even on medium horsepower servers it will take several minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it’s done you’ll get something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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Congratulations! You have successfully installed Virtualmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Direct your favorite browser to the FQDN at port 10000 just as instructed at the bottom of the image above.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Once you sign in you will be taken to the Post-Installation Wizard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a walk through of the wizard see this post here: https:\/\/jb03.com\/post-installation-wizard-walk-through\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that’s it. See the next post for some suggested initial steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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