Ubuntu

Install Ubuntu

We need a Unix/Linux-based system to run the labs. For simplicity, we will use a Ubuntu VM. If you download the pre-made VM’s for Virtual Box or VMware, they will include Ansible and Terraform pre-installed. If you choose to use WSL/HyperV, you will need to install both Terraform and Ansible.

Virtual Box Image

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VMware Image

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If you do not have Virtual Box OR VMware workstation / Fusion, you can install one of them following the instructions below.

Install Virtual Box (FREE)

Downloads - Oracle VM VirtualBox

Install on Windows

choco install virtualbox

Install on macOS

brew install virtualbox

Install on Linux

sudo apt-get install software–properties–common
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.1

Install VMware Workstation / Fusion

Workstation Pro - VMware Products : Windows Virtualization for Everyone

Install on Windows

choco install vmwareworkstation

Install on Mac

  • Install Homebrew, if needed

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh))"

  • Install Fusion

    brew install --cask vmware-fusion

Install on Linux

wget https://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/file/VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.0-17198959.x86_64.bundle
chmod a+x VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.0-17198959.x86_64.bundle
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.0-17198959.x86_64.bundle

Start Ubuntu - VMWare Fusion / Workstation

  1. Extract the VM data.

    • Windows
    tar xf ubuntu2004-vmware-0.1.2.tar.gz
    • Mac / Linux
    tar -zxf ubuntu2004-vmware-0.1.2.tar.gz

  2. Run the VM by double-clicking on the .vmx file. You can keep the default settings no need to add ram or CPU resources.

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  1. Log in to the system with the following credentials

    Username: vagrant
Password: vagrant

  2. We only need to do one thing, which is grabbing the internal IP address for our VM. Run the following command to get your VM IP address.

    ip address

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  3. Once you have your IP address you are ready to go to section 4.

Start Ubuntu - Virtualbox

  1. Extract the VM data.

    Windows

    tar xf ubuntu2004-virtualbox-0.1.2.tar.gz

    Mac / Linux

    tar -zxf ubuntu2004-virtualbox-0.1.2.tar.gz

  2. Run the VM by clicking on the .ovf file. You can keep the default settings no need to add ram or CPU resources.

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  3. You will need to change the network adapter type to bridged.

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  4. Log in to the system with the following credentials

    Username: vagrant
Password: vagrant

  5. We only need to do one thing, which is grabbing the internal IP address for our VM. So, run the following command to get your VM IP address.

    ip address

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  6. Once you have your IP address you are ready to go to section 4.

WSL/HyperV - Windows

  1. Open the Start menu and search for Turn Windows features on or off. Click on the shortcut when it appears.

  1. Scroll down through the list of features until you see Windows Subsystem for Linux & Virtual machine Platform. Click on the checkbox for both, and then click OK to enable the feature.

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  1. If you would like to use Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Download the update from the following link and install the Subsystem.

    WSL_Update

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  1. After the install is completed run the following command in powershell
wsl --set-default-version 2
  1. Open the Microsoft Store. Search for Ubuntu and click on Get to install the latest version.

  1. Once the installation is complete, click on Launch to start up the Ubuntu command terminal.

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  2. You should have a Ubuntu shell with your newly created user.

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