Debian Template Image Preparation and Cloning

ROUGH DRAFT

Fresh Install of VM

Fresh Debian Installation

To be documented

Post-install Ubuntu Configuration

• Go to the Console tab and Power On the VM
• Once it comes up, login to your VM
• Get the VM IP:
  

  ip addr

  
  
• SSH to the VM and login as your unprivileged user
• su to root (enter the root password)
  

  su -

• Edit sources.list
  

  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
  deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
  
  deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
  deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware
  
  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware
  deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware

Install sudo and add your user to sudo group

apt-get install sudo
usermod -aG sudo johndoe

Logout and reconnect via SSH

Run any available upgrades and reboot

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo reboot

Set up Chrony for time sync

sudo apt install -y chrony && \
sudo systemctl restart chrony && \
chronyc tracking | grep --color=auto -e ^ -e "Last offset.*"

VIM Tweaks