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Restore fresh install guide to original state; handled in #4157
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eloquence authored and kushaldas committed Sep 25, 2019
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exactly as there are some "gotchas" that may cause your SecureDrop set up to break.

The SecureDrop *Application Server* and *Monitor Server* run **Ubuntu Server
16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus)**. To install Ubuntu on the servers, you must first
14.04.5 LTS (Trusty Tahr)**. To install Ubuntu on the servers, you must first
download and verify the Ubuntu installation media. You should use the *Admin
Workstation* to download and verify the Ubuntu installation media.

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The installation media and the files required to verify it are available on the
`Ubuntu Releases page`_. You will need to download the following files:

* `ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso`_
* `ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso`_
* `SHA256SUMS`_
* `SHA256SUMS.gpg`_

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.. code:: sh
cd ~/Persistent
torify curl -OOO http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.5/{ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso,SHA256SUMS{,.gpg}}
torify curl -OOO http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.5/{ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso,SHA256SUMS{,.gpg}}
.. note:: Downloading Ubuntu on the *Admin Workstation* can take a while
because Tails does everything over Tor, and Tor is typically slow relative
to the speed of your upstream Internet connection.

.. _Ubuntu Releases page: http://releases.ubuntu.com/
.. _ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso: http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.5/ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso
.. _SHA256SUMS: http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.5/SHA256SUMS
.. _SHA256SUMS.gpg: http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.5/SHA256SUMS.gpg
.. _ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.5/ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso
.. _SHA256SUMS: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.5/SHA256SUMS
.. _SHA256SUMS.gpg: http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.5/SHA256SUMS.gpg

Verify the Ubuntu Installation Media
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The next and final step is to verify the Ubuntu image. ::

sha256sum -c <(grep ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso SHA256SUMS)
sha256sum -c <(grep ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso SHA256SUMS)


If the final verification step is successful, you should see the
following output in your terminal. ::

ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso: OK
ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso: OK

.. caution:: If you do not see the line above it is not safe to proceed with the
installation. If this happens, please contact us at
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If your USB is mapped to /dev/sdX and you are currently in the directory that
contains the Ubuntu ISO, you would use dd like so: ::

sudo dd conv=fdatasync if=ubuntu-16.04.5-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX
sudo dd conv=fdatasync if=ubuntu-14.04.5-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX

.. _install_ubuntu:

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install the bootloader (GRUB). If it asks to install the bootloader to
the Master Boot Record, choose **Yes**. When everything is done, reboot.

.. |Ubuntu Server| image:: images/install/ubuntu_server.png
.. |Ubuntu Server| image:: images/install/ubuntu_server.png

Save the Configurations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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