In this guide, we will walk you through the installation of a Debian 9 (Stretch) Minimal Server, using the netinstall CD ISO image. This installation you will carry out is appropriate for building a future customizable server platform, without a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
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Debian is an ideal operating system that can easily meet your data center needs. Jack Wallen walks you through the process of setting up a minimal Debian server. I talk a great deal about using. Debian 9 comes with over 51,000 binary packages, a new record for a stable Debian release. 'After 26 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 9 (code name Stretch), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.
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- Debian GNU/Linux version 9.0 stretch has been released ( jump to download) after many months of constant development and available for download in various media format. Debian 9.0 is a free operating system includes various new features such as support for mips64el architecture, GNOME 3.22, KDE.
- Create a DVD for installing Debian. For example, if you create it with Windows 7/8/10 standard function, refer to follows.
- Download ISO images of Debian CD/DVD at light speed with Jigdo Debian CD/DVD ISO images are huge files (4.7 GB for a DVD). It can take a long time to download if your connection with the server is not very fast.
You can use it to install only the necessary software packages that you need to work with, which we will show you in future guides. However, before you move further, read the system requirements, download the netinstall CD ISO image and then proceed to the Debian 9 installation instructions.
Requirements
Minimum Systems Requirements:
- RAM 64 MB
- Hard disk space: 1GB
Important: These are only values for a test scenario, in a production environment, you probably want to use suitable RAM and Hard disk size to meet your local environment needs.
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Debian 9 server system network installation minimal CD image:
- For 32-bit: Debian-9.0.0-i386-netinst.iso (i386)
- For 64-bit: Debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso (x86_64 / amd64)
Installation of Debian 9 Minimal Server
1. After downloading the Debian 9 minimal CD image from the above links, burn it to a CD or create a bootable USB stick using LiveUSB Creator called Unetbootin or Etcher.
2. Once you have created the installer bootable media, place your CD/USB into your system appropriate drive.
Then start the computer, select your bootable device and the first Debian 9 installer boot menu should appear as shown below. Choose Graphical Install and press [Enter] key.
3. The system will start loading media installer and a page to select the installation language should appear as shown below. Select your installation process language and click on Continue.
Select Debian 9 Installation Language
Configuring Location, Locales and Keyboard Settings
4. Now select your location used for setting the system timezone and locales, if not on the list go to Other and click on Continue. Find the region and then country. Once your done click Continue as shown below.
Select Location Region
5. Now configure the system locales (language and country combination) and click Continue.
Configure Country Locales
6. Next, choose your Keyboard Layout to use and click Continue.
7. The installer will now load components from the CD shown below.
Debian 9 Installer Components
Configure Hostname and Domain Name
8. The next step is to set your system hostname and domain name and click Continue.
Set Debian 9 Domain Name
Configure Users and Password
9. Here, you will configure system users and their passwords. Start by setting the root user password as shown below and click Continue when your done.
10. Then create a user account for the system administrator. First set the user’s full name as shown below and click Continue when you are done.
Setup Debian 9 User Account
11. In this step, set the user’s system name and click Continue.
12. Now set the above user’s password and click Continue.
Set Debian 9 User Password
Debian 9 Partitioning Disk
13. On the next screen, choose Manuel to perform disk partitioning.
Note: You can select Guided – use entire disk and setup LVM (Logical Volume Manager) as partition layout for efficient disk space management and follow the instructions.
14. You will see an overview of your current system disks and mount points. Select the disk to be partitioned and click Continue.
After that, select Yes to create a new empty partition table on the disk.
Overview of Disks
15. Next, select the free space on the disk to partition it and click Continue.
Select Free Space to Partition
Creating Swap Partition
16. Now create the Swap area by selecting Create a new partition and set appropriate size as shown in the screen shots below. Then click Continue.
Set Swap Size
17. Set swap partition as Primary and choose the Beginning of the free space on disk and click Continue.
Set Swap Partition to Beginning
18. Now set partition as Swap area as shown in the following two screen shots.
Select Swap Area
19. Now select Done setting up partition and click Continue.
Create Root Partition
20. In this step, you can now create the root partition by selecting the free space, then select Create new partition. Afterwards set the root partition size, make it Primary and set it at the Beginning of the free space.
Then use Ext4 file system on it and finally select Done setting up partition and click Continue as shown in the following screen shots.
Select Free Space to Create Root Partition
Set Root Partition Size
Set Root Partition as Beginning
Create Home Partition
21. Similarly to create a
/home
partition follow the same instruction as explained above using the remaining free space.22. Once you have created all the necessary partitions, click on Finish partitioning and write changes to disk.
Click on Write Changes to Disk
Finalizing Debian 9 Installation Process
23. At this point, installation of the base system should begin as shown below.
24. Now configure the package manager as shown in the screen shot below. Select No and click Continue.
Configure Debian 9 Package Manager
25. Afterwards, press Esc to continue without a network mirror by selecting Yes. Then click Continue.
26. Next, choose whether to participate in the package usage survey or not. Then click Continue.
Configure Popularity Contest
27. Now install standard system utilities and click Continue.
28. In this step, you will install the Grub boot loader by choosing Yes. After which you should choose the disk to install it.
Install Debian 9 Grub Boot Loader
29. Finally, the installation is done, click Continue to reboot the machine and remove the bootable media, then boot in your system and login.
Debian 9 Installation Completed
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That’s all. You now have a working a Debian 9 (Stretch) Minimal Server for developing a future customizable server platform. If you are looking to deploy a web server such as Apache or Nginx, go through these following articles.
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