Video Tut: Arch Linux (x64) Dedicated Server Setup (vncserver, lxde)

I was bored this evening so I decided to throw a small video tutorial together about this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-jcl9an3es
Could this be useful for some people? Oh and if you guys have any constructive feedback to say about the video please tell me.
And yeah I know, you shouldn't be using Arch if you need a video tutorial for installing it. It's meant to be a shortcut for people who already know most of their shit but can't be arsed to google around for a few commands and procedures they can't remember IF they can check them all from one package.
Last edited by Harha (2014-04-27 21:51:07)

Rexilion wrote:
First 8 minutes and 50 seconds contain configuring the VM and installing Arch. Maybe seperate that?
I cannot open your FTP from chromium. Filezilla works.
I don't see any OpenSSH, VNC is very insecure to be exposed.
Hmmh... Good points. I don't think the beginning of the video needs to be separated, but oh well, I could put a caption there which would indicate viewer to skip through the beginning if he wishes I guess...
Anonymous FTP browsing Is working fine for me via browser? I even asked a few friends of mine to check and for both of them it worked in Chrome, Firefox and IE.
And about OpenSSH, I should've really included that in the video, god damnit, how can I forget something as essential as that? I guess I'll have to make a part 2 for it plus a few other things when I find some free time again... And using VNC for a remote desktop experience is just something I prefer.
Thanks for the feedback!
Last edited by Harha (2014-04-28 11:17:46)

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Hello everyone,
I've recently switched over from running my machine on LVM with a MSDOS partition style, and I was tired of the limitations of it. Such as 4 primary partions or 3 primary and 1 extended. It was also hindering my flexibility since I had to make 1 primary partition that was /boot, which forced me to make an initram image if I wanted to put my / inside of the LVM. The only way I could truly fix all my problems was to move away from GRUB-Legacy (Which I love since it's so easy to configure) over to GRUB 2(Which is not as bad as I thought it was).
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I hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69X9ZYA41xU
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/dev/sda2 - Linux LVM (arch is name of LVM)
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As a complete newbie to partitioning on Linux I'd like to say how grateful I am to for making this.
You've kept it clear, clean and simple which I appreciate.
As most of my ventures into installing Linux is usually accompanied with a graphical installer a great deal of this is fairly alien. It could be nice to have a wiki entry just laying out a few examples for partitioning and setting up arch in various simple and exotic ways.
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Edit:
Basic step by step transcription
[root@archiso ~]# modprobe dm-mod
[root@archiso ~]# dhcpcd
[root@archiso ~]# pacman -Syy gptfdisk
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GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.1
Partition table scan:
MBR: not present
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: not present
Creating new GPT entries.
Command (? for help): [n]
Partition number (1-128, default 1): [RETURN]
First sector (34-[max], default = 34) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: [RETURN]
Information: Moved requested sectory from 34 to 2048 in
order to align on 2048-sector boundries.
Use 'l' on the experts' menu to adjust alignment
Last sector (2048-[max], default = [max]) or{+-}size{KMGTP}: [+32MB]
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): [EF02]
Changed type of partition to 'BIOS boot partition'
Command (? for help): [n]
Partition number (2-128, default 2): [RETURN]
First sector (34-[max], default = 67584) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: [RETURN]
Last sector (2048-[max], default = [max]) or {+-}size{KMGTP}: [RETURN]
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): [8E00]
Changed type of partition to 'Linux LVM'
Command (? for help): [w]
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING PARTITIONS!!
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): [y]
OK: writing new GUID partition table (GPT).
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[root@archiso ~]# pvcreate /dev/sda2
[root@archiso ~]# vgcreate arch /dev/sda2
[root@archiso ~]# vgdisplay
[root@archiso ~]# lvcreate -L 100M -n boot arch
[root@archiso ~]# lvcreate -C y -L 1G -n swap arch
[root@archiso ~]# lvcreate -L 10G -n root arch
[root@archiso ~]# lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n home arch
[root@archiso ~]# lvscan
[root@archiso ~]# mkfs.ext2 /dev/arch/boot
[root@archiso ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/arch/root
[root@archiso ~]# mkfs.ext4 /dev/arch/home
[root@archiso ~]# mkswap /dev/arch/swap
[root@archiso ~]# /arch/setup
Prepare Hard Drive
3 Manually Configure block devices, filesystems andmountpoints
Partition Access Method
dev directly by /dev/* (most intuitive but devicefile names can change
Manage Filesystems
/dev/sda1 raw - 32MiB N
/dev/mapper/arch-boot raw - 100MiB N > [IGNORE]
/dev/mapper/arch-home raw - 91000MiB N > filesystem (re)created? [NO] > ext4 home
/dev/mapper/arch-root raw - 10240MiB N > filesystem (re)created? [NO] > ext4 root
/dev/mapper/arch-swap raw - 1024MiB N > filesystem (re)created? [NO] > swap
Choose bootloader
[SKIP]
Configuration
mkinitcpio > HOOKS="...lvm2..."
DONE
Exit
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[root@archiso ~]# mount -t proc /proc /mnt/proc
[root@archiso ~]# mount -t sysfs /sys /mnt/sys
[root@archiso ~]# chroot /mnt /bin/bash
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[root@archiso /]# exit
[root@archiso ~]# reboot
login
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#GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
#GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"
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menuentry "Arch Linux" {
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linux /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/arch/root ro
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menuentry "Arch Linux Fallback" {
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set root=(arch-boot)
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Last edited by Earnestly (2012-01-09 11:51:45)

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Last edited by The Infinity (2014-08-14 21:17:41)

I figured out where the problem comes from. It is actually the screen (which has a resolution of 1920x1080 pixel). When using a screen (with a smaller resolution) I'm getting a decent resolution in the terminal and - more imporant - X starts and seems to use the Nouveau driver (which I have installed again). When plugging my normal screen again (while X is running) I'm able to use this screen with the maximum resolution without problems (so only starting with this screen does not work). Now I have a reference point to fix the problem.
The other thread might be interesting as well.
Last edited by The Infinity (2014-08-17 02:36:57)

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What desktops would you also have? I am tempted via KDE5, I think it looks rather sweet, or maybe budgie.
also should I use 3.17 or 3.16?
Any other suggestions for this, I am not very good at setting up arch for gaming..
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Any of those options are fine and won't make a noticeable difference.
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I apologize if this is in the wrong topic. Anyways I am vary new to arch linux and linux in general, and I need to set up a server to host a website. It will be fairly small with low traffic.
I followed the guide on the wiki to install and configure LAMP, but after that I have no idea what to do. I was looking for someone to at least point me in the right direction.
I should also note the website I want to host is already created.
Last edited by zanandan (2013-07-17 15:51:07)

Woah woah, I'm sure lighttpd is a fine piece of software, but it sounds like zanandan already has his server completely setup.
zanandan wrote:How do I set it up to be a normal www. webpage?
What URL did you purchase or sign up to use? If you don't have one, you will need to get one from a domain name registrar.
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Be warned, though: Many Internet service providers send a new random IP address to your router every few days, so I have a service ("ddclient") that automatically updates my URL with my new IP address every so often.
I use http://dyn.com/dns/ for my free domain name.

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Alright, so I have Arch Linux installed on my Toshiba laptop. I wanted to test using a Linux box as a Minecraft Server. I have everything setup correctly. After I run the shell script to launch the server, everything seems to load fine, just like it did in Win 7 (I have Arch and Win 7 dual-booted). After I go to join the server on the host PC, and a different one, it hangs on 'Connecting to server'. Now, in Windows, it will log right into the server, on port 25565. On Arch, it hangs on 'Connecting to server'. I was wondering if Arch Linux blocks ports by default. This is probably a stupid question, hence the category, but Google couldn't help me this time. By the way, here is the guide I followed to setup my server:
http://wiki.bukkit.org/Setting_up_a_server#Linux .
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Does anything interesting appear in the Minecraft server's output? I am running a Minecraft server just fine and it was literally just a case of downloading the jar, making a server.properties file, and running the jar. No extra configuration was done.

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Using fiber you could attach the raid to an xServer or Mac Pro (running mac os x server). You'll probable want at least 8 or 16 GB of ram on the server.
The server can run a copy of final cut server. Witch makes it easer to work as a group. Mac OS X server, when properly configured, can also be used to create a VPN between both locations.
Final Cut Server will let editors check in/out specific parts of the documentaries. So the project lives on the server; instead of scattered over every ones computers. Part of this is you can pull down thumb nails versions of the video to work off of. Only when you do the final render do you download the HD version of the video.
If you want even better performance on the editing stations. you could also upgrade to Mac Pros. Mac Pros have upgrade slots witch you can use to add fiber networking. You could also use the upgrade slots to add a black magic real time HD capture card.
Or if you want to keep the imacs. you might want to hook the server to a switch by fiber, and have the imacs connected to the same switch by 1000-T
If you call apple i'm sure they'd be happy to help you figure this all out.
for info on Promise: http://www.promise.com/apple/
for mor info on final cut server: http://www.apple.com/finalcutserver/

How to setup grub2 with arch linux and xen, lvm on luks

OK, so I tried downloading this package from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xen-git/ , but that has patching problems as noted in the comments. It looks like the packagebuild sets up all the xen stuff for you, but I can't seem to get the package to install because of the error's while patching. If anyone can point me in the right direction on what all the extra files in the PKGBUILD are for or how to debug problems with PKGBUILDs not working because of patches.
So next I just tried to compile the latest xen from git://xenbits.xen.org/xen.git (with ./configure, make, make install) and that seemed to go fine, but I'm a bit confused:
1. Do I have to do any additional configuration for xen when working with arch linux? On ubuntu I could just compile the source, update grub, and make sure to start the x services at runtime.
2. How do I set up grub to load xen with this setup? Right now this is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:vgStorage"
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable Hidden Menu, and optionally hide the timeout count
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=5
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/path/to/wallpaper"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
~
I've tried throwing in a line like: XEN_HYPERVISOR_CMDLINE="cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:vgStorage", but nothing new shows up on the grub boot menu.
First time trying to set up a non-ubuntu system, please help!

As for XEN.... well you could always try QEMU/KVM or LXC.
As for the LVM2-on-LUKS/dm-crypt
My /etc/mkinitcpio.conf looks like this...
MODULES="aesni_intel ata_generic ata_piix nls_cp437 ext4 intel_agp i915 dm-snapshot"
BINARIES=""
FILES=""
HOOKS="base udev autodetect block keymap encrypt lvm2 filesystems keyboard fsck shutdown"
/etc/defaults/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root:allow-discards"
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
The running grub config looks like this
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
9 insmod part_gpt
10 insmod part_msdos
53 if loadfont unicode ; then
54 set gfxmode=auto
55 load_video
56 insmod gfxterm
57 set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
58 set lang=en_US
59 insmod gettext
60 fi
61 terminal_input console
62 terminal_output gfxterm
63 set timeout=3
84 menuentry 'Backup, Arch Linux grsec kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-grsec kernel-true-12341234-8080-8080-8080-332200882255' {
85 load_video
86 set gfxpayload=keep
87 insmod gzio
88 insmod part_msdos
89 insmod ext2
90 set root='hd1,msdos2'
91 if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
92 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 BBAAEEAA-FFCC-CCFF-FFCC-AABBCCEEBBAA
93 else
94 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root BBAAEEAA-FFCC-CCFF-FFCC-AABBCCEEBBAA
95 fi
96 echo 'Loading Linux grsec kernel ...'
97 linux /vmlinuz-linux-grsec root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-lvroot rw cryptdevice=/dev/sda2:root:allow-discards quiet
98 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
99 initrd /initramfs-linux-grsec.img
100 }
Things to note:
Numerical UUID is the UUID of the ROOT partition.
Alphabetical UUIS is the BOOT partition
hd1,msdos2 AND ahci1,msdos2 are how the Grub Bootloader numbers the drives not Linux.
I have my BOOT partition on a USB stick, and it is the Second partition.
So, that would make it, Device 2 and Partition 2
Device numbering starts at 0
Partition numbering starts at 1
Oh, and note that you don't need ":allow-discards" ... at all but certainly if you don't have an SSD. Also note that I included the line numbers so it is very clear that I didn't post the whole thing, but instead what I thought was relevant. Finally, I am loading modules that I don't even need, but what the hell... if it ain't broke, don't fix it
Last edited by hunterthomson (2013-12-04 08:31:45)

I want stream my Video on my dedicated server with Adobe Flash Media Encoder but server dont have sound card what to do

I want stream my Video on my dedicated server with Adobe Flash Media Encoder but server dont have sound card what to do

You can not install it.
Only apps from the official Apple App Store can be installed.

Arch Linux installation video

Not something useful for those good with arch linux, but for people trying their first installation this could be quite useful:
I created a video about how to install arch linux up to XFCE, you can take a look at it here:
http://dracony.org/lets-install-arch-linux/
Hoe you like it)

The original isn't so though...Google videos make it horrible quality for some reason. I'll reupload it onto Archux.com and embed it properly And before that I'll fix those captions disappearing too fast.

Most Arch like Web Server setup?

What is the most Arch like Web Server setup?

or http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/
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