Yeah, I'm used to just running ssh. I'll have to get the key files over using ftp or dropbox.
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:45 PM, bsquared <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/23/2012 11:15 AM, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> I could not find a ppa for a current couchdb, but I did find several > > sources with directions. > > > > thanks. > > > > My biggest problem now is just trying to get ubuntu running headless in > > virtualbox. > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM, bsquared <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 10/22/2012 12:08 PM, JC de Villa wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have a number of servers on AWS for my day job. For my weekend > >> projects > >>>> I need a free dev environment. My wife doesn't like spending money. > >>>> > >>>> I'm sure I can find a solution. I'm working with webfaction now to > see > >> if > >>>> they can donate the hosting. > >>>> > >>>> I spent a half-day trying to set up my dev environment in virtualbox > on > >> my > >>>> local PC. But all I could find were ubuntu desktops and I just want a > >>>> headless server with SSH. That is all I'm familiar with. I tried to > >> set > >>>> one up myself but it was a disaster. > >>> > >>> > >>> Here's the page for the server download: > >>> > >>> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server > >>> > >>> Although I'd suggest compiling your own couchdb, since the only one > >>> available from the repo is version 1.0.1. I'm sure there's a ppa > >> somewhere > >>> for a more up-to-date version, but compiling on ubuntu it is fairly > >> trivial. > >>> > >> > >> I could not find a ppa for a current couchdb, but I did find several > >> sources with directions. I made a quick reference here: > >> gist.github.com/3940371 > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> Brian > >> > >> > > > By headless I assume that you mean you don't wish to run X. Just have a > server for telnet / ssh. > > You are not limited to Ubuntu by the way. You may want to look at > Arch-Linux, or RedHat. Anyway ... > > I found this: > http://askubuntu.com/questions/16371/how-to-disable-x-at-boot-time. > > -- > Regards, > Brian > >
