Bash setup script for Ubuntu servers

This is a setup script to automate the setup and provisioning of Ubuntu servers. It does the following:

• Adds a new user account with sudo+lxd access (+adds lxd group)
• Deny root login to the server
• Setup Uncomplicated Firewall
• Create Swap file based on machine's installed memory
• Setup the timezone for the server (Default to "Europe/Berlin")
• Install Network Time Protocol

Installation

SSH into your server and install git + lxd if it is not installed:

apt update
apt install git lxd lxd-client -y

Clone this repository into your home directory:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/HendrikHaase/ubuntu-server-setup.git

Run the setup script

cd ubuntu-server-setup
bash setup.sh

Install wireguard Server (needs port 51820/udp)

ufw allow 51820/udp
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HendrikHaase/wireguard-install/master/wireguard-install.sh -O wireguard-install.sh && bash wireguard-install.sh

Install wireguard Client: wireguard clients

Setup prompts

you'll see

Supported versions

This setup script has been tested against Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04. (as per original author)

Running tests

no