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These instructions will help you set up Dreamwidth on Linode hosting, brought to you by <dwuser>exor674</dwuser>.
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== Ordering ==
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Newark is the best choice for a node location because it has a guaranteed 64-bit host.
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== Setting up a Linux Deployment ==
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Click on "Deploy a Linux Distribution":
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[[Image:DeployDistribution.png]]
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This will bring you to the Linode Distribution Wizard.
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# Click on "Ubuntu 9.04 64bit"
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# Enter at least "3096" as the disk image size; ideally, you can just use whatever space you have left in your account.
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# Enter "256" for Swap
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# Enter password, and hit "Create Profile"
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{{Warn|text="The image shows selecting an outdated version of Ubuntu.  Select 9.04 instead to be up-to-date.}}
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[[Image:LinodeDistributionWizard.png]]
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Go to the "Network" tab, and click on "Add Private IP".
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[[Image:AddPrivateIP.png]]
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And take note of the text after "eth0"--this is your node's public IP--and the text under "for manual configuration"--your private network IP.
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[[Image:LinodeNetworkConfiguration.png]]
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== Getting into the node ==
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Go back to the "Dashboard" tab, hit "Boot", and wait for the task to complete.
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Open your SSH client and SSH to root@<i>noted eth0 address</i>, and enter your root password:
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[[Image:LinodeSSH.png]]
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Tada!  You are now logged in and can issue commands.
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== Installing from scratch ==
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You can now proceed with the [[Dreamwidth Scratch Installation]] on the profile you created.
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[[Category: Dreamwidth Installation]]
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Latest revision as of 22:55, 5 April 2011