VMware Image - Ubuntu Server 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

About:

This is a standard install of ubuntu 7.10 server, in a 75MB package.

This VM can be usefull for quickly deploying a base operating system from a small package, and with a minimal configuration time (about 2 minutes).
Some steps were taken to reduce the archive size down to a minimum:

* Some temporary data has been removed from /var (namely apt cache, installer logs, etc).
* The partition was also cloned to a new .vmdk as a part of the shrink process.
* The archive is in 7-Zip format (GPL - search you package manager or grab it from http://www.7-zip.org).

Aditional software included:
* The only extra package installed was ssh-server.

Login details:

username: toor
password: password

you can issue commands as root using ’sudo ‘ or enable the root user issuing the command ’sudo passwd root’.

VM Configuration:

Uppon login, your first action should be to run the ‘configure.sh’ script using ’sudo ./configure.sh’. this will enable you to configure:

* Keyboard,
* Timezone
* Password
* Hostname
* Network interface(s)
* DNS

Download:

Grab it here: VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.
Also, md5 checksum and gpg signature (key id: 0×146379A4).

If you find this appliance useful in any way, please link to this site.

Contact:

* Joao Inacio <jcinacio at gmail.com > or at http://www.jcinacio.com