Ubuntu Server Setup

Setup Static IP

Disable cloud-init if present

The easiest way to know if cloud-init is present or not is to check if there is a package with that name.

Run the following command to check:
```
apt-cache pkgnames | grep cloud-init
```
If you get an output, cloud-init is installed. To disable it, create a file called
```
sudo touch /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg
```
And add the following line to it
```
network: {config: disabled}
```
Reboot now before setting up the static ip.
Netplan configuration

Go to the /etc/netplan directory. There might be one or more .yaml configuration files. You can choose to delete those files if you don't need their configurations.

Edit one of those files or create a new configuration file like below, but be aware that you can not define the same network interface like twice
```
sudo touch /etc/netplan/99-config.yaml
```
To set up a static ip add the following content to your .yaml configuration file:
```
network:
  version: 2
  ethernets:
    eth0:
      dhcp4: no
      addresses:
        - 192.168.0.250/24
      nameservers:
        addresses: [127.0.0.1,1.1.1.1]
      routes:
        - to: default
          via: 192.168.0.1
```
To apply the settings, run sudo netplan apply.

Define automated tasks

Run sudo crontab -e to define automated tasks that should be run as root.