Mastering Ubuntu Server

Creating virtual machines

Now the time has come to put your new virtual machine server to the test. In order for us to give this new server a test run, you'll need an ISO of an operating system to install. You can download just about any Linux distribution ISO image, and copy it to your /vm_store/iso directory to make it available for use. You can even copy a Microsoft Windows ISO image there and install that; I won't judge you. After you copy the file over to the /vm_store/iso directory, we're ready to begin.

Note

Before continuing, I highly recommend that you set up public key authentication for SSH between your workstation and virtual machine server. If you're using a local connection, you won't need to do this. But when you're connecting to ...