AI Server Setup - Ubuntu System Configuration

This repository contains your complete system configuration backup for quickly restoring your Ubuntu AI server after a fresh installation.

📦 Contents

• setup.sh - Main restoration script for packages and configurations
• setup-disks.sh - Disk partitioning and mount configuration script
• packages/ - Lists of installed packages
  • installed-packages.txt - All APT packages (1984 packages)
  • installed-snaps.txt - All Snap packages (88 packages)
• configs/ - System configuration files
  • .bashrc - Bash configuration
  • .profile - Profile settings

🚀 Quick Start After Fresh Ubuntu Install

Step 1: Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ai-server-setup.git
cd ai-server-setup

Step 2: Run the main setup script

chmod +x setup.sh
./setup.sh

This will:

• Install all your APT packages
• Install all your Snap packages (including VS Code, Docker, etc.)
• Restore your shell configurations
• Set up Docker
• Optionally install NVIDIA drivers

Step 3: Configure storage drives

chmod +x setup-disks.sh
./setup-disks.sh

⚠️ WARNING: This script will WIPE the 500GB drive and reconfigure partitions on the 4TB drive!

📁 Recommended Partition Layout

During Ubuntu Installation

Choose "Something else" for partitioning and create:

On 4TB NVMe (nvme1n1):

• 512MB - EFI System Partition (if UEFI)
• 100GB - ext4 mounted at /
• 32GB - swap
• Remaining (~3.5TB) - ext4 mounted at /home

Leave 500GB NVMe (nvme0n1) untouched - will be configured post-install

Post-Installation Storage

After running setup-disks.sh:

• /ai-workspace (500GB) - Dedicated AI/ML workspace
• /data (3.5TB from 4TB drive) - General data storage
• Both with automatic mounting via /etc/fstab

🔧 Manual Steps After Setup

1. GitHub Configuration

   git config --global user.name "Matthew Beatty"
   git config --global user.email "your-email@example.com"

2. SSH Keys (if needed)

   ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your-email@example.com"
   cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub  # Add to GitHub

3. Docker - Log out and back in for group changes

4. NVIDIA - Reboot after driver installation

📝 Notable Installed Software

Development Tools

• VS Code, Sublime Text, Vim, Emacs, Helix
• Docker, Kubernetes tools (kubectl, kubetail)
• Git, GitHub CLI
• Multiple language runtimes (Go, .NET, Python)

AI/ML Related

• Docker (for containerized training)
• NVIDIA drivers (optional during setup)
• Python with pip

Productivity

• 1Password, Bitwarden
• Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi
• Communication: Slack, Discord, Signal, Telegram
• Waveterm, Alacritty, Konsole, Ghostty (terminals)

System Tools

• LXD, Multipass
• Home Assistant tools
• Arduino, ESP tools
• Network tools

🔄 Keeping This Updated

To update your package lists:

# Update APT package list
dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | awk '{print $1}' > packages/installed-packages.txt

# Update Snap package list
snap list --color=never | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $1}' > packages/installed-snaps.txt

# Commit and push changes
git add -A
git commit -m "Update package lists"
git push

⚠️ Security Notes

• The repository doesn't contain sensitive data (passwords, keys, etc.)
• Review configs before pushing to public repo
• Consider making the repo private if it contains personal preferences

🤝 Contributing

This is a personal configuration, but feel free to fork and adapt for your own use!

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Created for Matthew Beatty's AI Server with dual GPUs Location: Ann Arbor, MI