Ubuntu 18 Initial Setup

Download and install Ubuntu from ubuntu.com

once install has been completed, if you did not add the SSH server, lets install that manually.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install openssh-server

check the status of the ssh server

sudo systemctl status ssh

Find your IP

ip a

Connect from remote ssh client using

ssh userid@server-ip

Lets setup static IP

sudo nano /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml

Should look similar to:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens18:
      dhcp4: yes

Change to match your local network:

network:
  version: 2
  renderer: networkd
  ethernets:
    ens18:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.1.XX/24
      gateway4: 192.168.1.XXX
      nameservers:
          addresses: [8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1]`