Installing Ubuntu 16.04 in VBox

Create a new virtual machine. I used 2 mb memory, 250 gb dynamically allocated  disk

Under settings I inserted the .iso image that I downloaded from the Ubuntu site.

Start the machine and it will boot from the .iso file.

Follow the usual setup for linux. See http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-16-04-a...

Install Webamin see https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-webmin-o...

Other tutorials gave errors

Other tutorials gave errors

Open the file in your editor:

  • sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
  • Then add this line to the bottom of the file to add the new repository:

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

Save the file and exit the editor.

Next, add the Webmin PGP key so that your system will trust the new repository:

Next, update the list of packages to include the Webmin repository:

  • sudo apt-get update

Then install Webmin:

  • sudo apt-get install webmin

Installed lightweight gnome  sudo apt-get install xorg gnome-core gnome-system-tools gnome-app-install

Add any needed users

Addjust php settings for memory limits, etc

Mysql setup

installed phpmyadmin with sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext

Create database and user in phpmyadmin

mysql -us root - p arcdeims7 < backupfile from site.sql

rysnc from production to local

sudo rsync -chavzP --stats user@remote.host:/path/to/copy /path/to/local/storage   (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9090817/copying-files-using-rsync-fro...)

Check file permissons and settings.php

Create or compy website configurations over

Install solr

http://arc-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/getting-apache-solr-installed

Note if updates held back try: autoclean and autoremove

Note if site fails  cleanurl test try deleting the ?q=