Ubuntu Server Bootstrap

A slightly opinionated and straightforward script to setup base Ubuntu 22+ servers environment with:

• Docker CE
• Docker Compose v2
• Docker Compose Switch
• ZSH with Prezto
• Symlinks python3 to python if python command is not found
• Tools:
  • build-essential: Essential build tools (gcc, make, etc.)
  • byobu: Enhancement to multiplexers like screen or tmux
  • curl
  • fd-find: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
  • fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder
  • git
  • htop: Better top
  • lazygit: A simple terminal UI for git commands
  • neovim: Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor (set as default vi/vim)
  • ripgrep: Recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
  • silversearcher-ag: A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster
  • SpeedTest CLI
  • tig: CLI Git client
  • unzip
  • vim
  • wget
  • zip

This script is intended to be run as root.

When deploying a VPS in many providers (like Digital Ocean, Vultr, OVH, Contabo, etc), you will get the instance with only the root by default. Make sure to create a user for your daily use.

It's tested with the following Ubuntu LTS versions:

• 22.04
• 24.04

Although, most likely would work without problems in other Ubuntu non LTS versions.

Installation

Just need to run:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yorch/ubuntu-server-bootstrap/main/bootstrap.sh | bash

Or with curl if already installed:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yorch/ubuntu-server-bootstrap/main/bootstrap.sh | bash

Options

To see all available options:

bash bootstrap.sh --help

Flag	Description
--nvim-deb	Install NeoVim from GitHub releases .deb package (default: PPA unstable)
--help	Show usage information and exit

To use flags, download the script first:

wget -q -O bootstrap.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yorch/ubuntu-server-bootstrap/main/bootstrap.sh
bash bootstrap.sh --nvim-deb

This will take a few minutes, after its done, you might want to restart the box in case there is a newer kernel installed that just got installed.

At the minimum, you should log out and log in again so zsh gets activated on your session.

Docker

You can test or use this script with Docker. First clone this repo and follow the next steps.

Build the Docker image with:

docker build -t bootstrapped-ubuntu .

And finally, run it in interactive mode:

docker run -it bootstrapped-ubuntu

License

MIT, see LICENSE for details.