# ubuntu-post-install

Modular post-install system for Ubuntu servers. One repo, one entry point,
install only what you need — interactively or by name.

## Quick start on a fresh box

**Public repo — paste on any new box:**
```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/outis1one/ubuntu-post-install/main/bootstrap.sh | sudo bash
```

**USB thumb drive — works for public or private repos:**

Prepare the USB once on any machine (no git required):
1. Go to the repo on GitHub → green **Code** button → **Download ZIP**
2. Unzip it — you'll get a folder called `ubuntu-post-install-main`
3. Copy that folder to your USB drive

On every new box:
1. Plug in the USB — it opens in the file manager
2. Navigate into the `ubuntu-post-install-main` folder
3. **Either:**
   - Right-click inside the folder → **Open in Terminal** → type `bash bootstrap.sh`
   - **Or** double-click `bootstrap.sh` → if prompted, choose **Run in Terminal**

The script asks for your password if needed. It detects it is running from
inside the repo, copies everything to `~/ubuntu-post-install`, then launches
the wizard — the USB can be unplugged once setup starts.

**Private repo — PAT (alternative):**
```bash
sudo bash bootstrap.sh --pat ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
```
Use a fine-grained read-only PAT scoped to just this repo (Contents: Read).
The PAT is stripped from the stored remote URL after cloning.

<details>
<summary><b>Cloud provider install-script / user-data field (IONOS, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, ...)</b></summary>

These run as root with no terminal attached while the image is still being
provisioned, so `bootstrap.sh`'s interactive hand-off doesn't apply yet.
Use `cloud-init.sh` instead — it's a plain cloud-init user-data shell
script (starts with `#!/bin/bash`, no `#cloud-config` YAML).

IONOS's server-creation screen has a **User Data** box under "Scripts" with
a **Script Type** choice of *Cloud Config* or *Shell Script* — pick
**Shell Script**, then either click **Import from file** and select
`cloud-init.sh`, or paste its contents (below) directly. User-data fields
run the script's own content; they don't fetch a URL, so paste/import the
file itself rather than a link to it. (DigitalOcean/Hetzner's plain "User
data" textbox works the same way — paste the script contents in directly.)

It clones the repo in the background during provisioning and installs a
one-shot login hook. The provider boots Ubuntu 24.04, this runs unattended,
and by the time you SSH in the whiptail service menu is already waiting for
you — same experience as `bootstrap.sh`, just already started. Assumes a
root login (the default for all three providers above); see the comments in
the script if you've provisioned a separate sudo user instead.

```bash
#!/bin/bash
# cloud-init.sh — payload for a cloud provider's "install script" / user-data
# field (IONOS Cloud Server image deploy, DigitalOcean droplet user-data,
# Hetzner Cloud user-data, etc). The provider runs this as root, unattended,
# with no TTY, while the box is still being provisioned — before you have
# ever logged in.
#
# It deliberately does NOT run the interactive wizard itself (there's no
# terminal for whiptail to talk to yet). Instead it does two things:
#
#   1. Clones this repo to /root/ubuntu-post-install (pulls if already there).
#   2. Installs a one-shot /etc/profile.d hook that launches setup.sh —
#      the normal whiptail service menu — the first time you actually log
#      in over SSH, then deletes itself so it never fires again.
#
# End result: the provider boots Ubuntu 24.04, this runs in the background,
# and by the time you SSH in the checklist menu is sitting there waiting —
# the same experience as running bootstrap.sh by hand, just already started.
#
# Usage: paste this whole file's contents into the provider's install-script /
# user-data field (or use an "import from file" option if it has one).
# User-data fields run the content you give them directly — they don't fetch
# a URL — so paste the script itself, not a link to it.
#
# Assumes the provider logs you in as root (the default for IONOS Cloud
# Server, DigitalOcean droplets, and Hetzner Cloud server images). If you've
# provisioned a separate non-root sudo user instead, the hook won't reach
# you automatically — SSH in and run:
#   sudo bash /root/ubuntu-post-install/setup.sh
set -euo pipefail

if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "cloud-init.sh must run as root — that's how provider install-script hooks already run it." >&2
    exit 1
fi

REPO_URL="https://github.com/outis1one/ubuntu-post-install.git"
DEST="/root/ubuntu-post-install"
MARKER="/root/.ubuntu-post-install-pending"
HOOK="/etc/profile.d/99-ubuntu-post-install.sh"
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 || { apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y git; }

if [ -d "$DEST/.git" ]; then
    git -C "$DEST" pull --ff-only || true
else
    git clone "$REPO_URL" "$DEST"
fi

touch "$MARKER"

# POSIX sh, not bash — /etc/profile.d/*.sh gets sourced by whatever shell
# the login uses, not necessarily bash.
cat > "$HOOK" << 'EOF'
# Installed by cloud-init.sh — launches the ubuntu-post-install wizard on
# the first interactive login, then removes itself so it never fires again.
MARKER="/root/.ubuntu-post-install-pending"
HOOK="/etc/profile.d/99-ubuntu-post-install.sh"
DEST="/root/ubuntu-post-install"

if [ -f "$MARKER" ] && [ -t 0 ] && [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] && [ -f "$DEST/setup.sh" ]; then
    rm -f "$MARKER" "$HOOK"
    echo ""
    echo "ubuntu-post-install: launching the setup wizard..."
    echo ""
    bash "$DEST/setup.sh"
fi
EOF
chmod 644 "$HOOK"

echo "cloud-init.sh: repo cloned to $DEST — the setup wizard will launch on first login."
```

</details>

## Usage

```bash
sudo ./setup.sh                        # interactive wizard
sudo ./setup.sh caddy immich           # install specific services
sudo ./setup.sh configure              # set site defaults (timezone, domain, Caddy network)
./setup.sh --list                      # list all services grouped by category
sudo ./setup.sh --dry-run immich       # preview without making changes
sudo ./setup.sh --unattended base      # non-interactive, use defaults
```

## What the wizard does

**First run:**
1. Installs essential CLI packages (`net-tools`, `ncdu`, `git`, `curl`, `wget`, `htop`, `tree`, `zip`/`unzip`, `ca-certificates`, `gnupg`, `jq`, `rsync`, `glow`), Docker CE + Compose plugin, and `openssh-server` — offers to import SSH keys from GitHub/Launchpad (`ssh-import-id`), disable password login once a key is confirmed, install NetBird, and add SSH Host aliases (see [SSH Host aliases](#ssh-host-aliases))
2. Asks **where Caddy runs** — this machine, a remote machine/VPN peer, or none — before anything else, since every later service prompt depends on the answer
3. If Caddy is local: offers to set **site defaults** — timezone, base domain, Caddy Docker network — so every service picks them up automatically instead of asking each time, then offers to install Caddy itself
4. Drops into a **category menu** — pick a group, tick services, install, repeat
5. Ends by dropping you into a fresh login shell so the `docker` group takes effect immediately (no manual `newgrp docker` or SSH reconnect needed)

**Re-run:** skips steps already completed, shows a summary of installed services, and goes straight to the menu.

**Site defaults** are saved to `~/docker/.config` and pre-fill every service prompt.
Update them any time with `sudo ./setup.sh configure`. Remote/none Caddy mode
skips the domain/timezone prompt entirely — service installers instead save
a ready-to-copy Caddy config snippet to `~/docker/caddy-snippets/`.

## Services

| Group | Services |
|-------|---------|
| `base` | `net-tools`, `ncdu`, `git`, `curl`, `wget`, `htop`, `tree`, `zip`/`unzip`, `ca-certificates`, `gnupg`, `jq`, `rsync`; `glow` (terminal markdown reader, Charm apt repo); Docker CE + Compose plugin; `openssh-server` with GitHub/Launchpad SSH key import, optional password-auth lockdown, and SSH Host aliases; optional NetBird overlay network |
| `homelab` | `caddy`, `crowdsec`, `authelia`, `coturn` (shared TURN/STUN relay — Asterisk, Mattermost Calls, and future WebRTC-capable services all register a dedicated credential against one instance instead of each running its own), `homeassistant`, `asterisk`, `pstn-trunk`, `sms-inbound`, `security-dashboard`, `sunshine`, `vpn-data-mount` (mount existing SMB shares from a NetBird-connected home box — SSH trust bootstrap, then read-only discovery of shares already configured there; never writes to the home box's Samba config; repeatable, pick from any number of a home box's shares in one pass; optional per-share [gocryptfs decrypt layer](#client-side-encryption-for-vpn-data-mount) so the VPS only ever handles ciphertext) |
| `utilities` | `actualbudget`, `ai-gpu`, `ai-stack`, `archivebox`, `changedetection`, `ddclient`, `filebrowser`, `fmd`, `gatus`, `homebox`, `iopaint`, `joplin`, `koha`, `magicmirror`, `mail-archiver`, `mattermost`, `mealie`, `meshcentral`, `n8n`, `nextcloud`, `ntfy`, `onlyoffice`, `paintplus`, `portainer`, `rustdesk`, `stirling-pdf`, `syncthing`, `traccar`, `unifi`, `uptimekuma`, `vaultwarden`, `watchyourlan`, `watchtower`, `wg-easy`, `wordpress` (multi-site, dedicated MariaDB per site — blogs, business sites, e-commerce via WooCommerce) |
| `media` | `arm`, `audiobookshelf`, `calibre-web`, `emby`, `immich`, `jellyfin`, `lyrion` |
| `cameras` | `frigate`, `frigate-audio`, `frigate-notify`, `sky-cam` |
| `gaming` | `drum-rhythm-game`, `js99er`, `kyber-launcher`, `kyber-server`, `minecraft`, `wolf`, `wolf-pair` |
| `extras` | `kdeconnect`, `silent-send`, `ssh-config`, `ssh-key-import` (import SSH public keys from GitHub/Launchpad, optionally lock down password auth — same step base.sh's required setup runs, re-runnable on its own), `sync-cc` |
| `backup` | `backup` — complete recovery: entire `~/docker/<service>/` for every service via Kopia (Minecraft: flush+snap, no downtime; others: stop/snap/start for DB consistency), optional offsite mirror (`kopia repository sync-to`), plus `dr_bringup.sh` — unattended restore-everything-and-start for standing up a cold spare box; `borg-backup` — same coverage via Borg (chunk dedup, SSH remote repos, Borgmatic/Vorta compatible); `gaming-backup` — frequent game-save snapshots (Minecraft world data, emulator saves, Steam — no downtime, run hourly) |

Run `./setup.sh --list` to see descriptions.

<details>
<summary>Copiable list of all services by category</summary>

```
base
  base
  glow

homelab
  caddy
  crowdsec
  authelia
  coturn
  homeassistant
  asterisk
  pstn-trunk
  sms-inbound
  security-dashboard
  sunshine
  vpn-data-mount

utilities
  actualbudget
  ai-gpu
  ai-stack
  archivebox
  changedetection
  ddclient
  filebrowser
  fmd
  gatus
  homebox
  iopaint
  joplin
  koha
  magicmirror
  mail-archiver
  mattermost
  mealie
  meshcentral
  n8n
  nextcloud
  ntfy
  onlyoffice
  paintplus
  portainer
  rustdesk
  stirling-pdf
  syncthing
  traccar
  unifi
  uptimekuma
  vaultwarden
  watchyourlan
  watchtower
  wg-easy
  wordpress

media
  arm
  audiobookshelf
  calibre-web
  emby
  immich
  jellyfin
  lyrion

cameras
  frigate
  frigate-audio
  frigate-notify
  sky-cam

gaming
  drum-rhythm-game
  js99er
  kyber-launcher
  kyber-server
  minecraft
  wolf
  wolf-pair

extras
  kdeconnect
  silent-send
  ssh-config
  ssh-key-import
  sync-cc

backup
  backup
  borg-backup
  gaming-backup
```

</details>

## Layout

```
setup.sh          dispatcher — wizard, direct install, --list, --dry-run
lib/common.sh     shared helpers: logging, prompts, site config, OS detection
services/         one file per service (self-registering)
vendor/           full app source trees vendored for a service (e.g. ai-stack,
                  paintplus, easy-asterisk) — copied into place at install time,
                  no network clone needed
extras/           non-Docker assets bundled with the repo (e.g. sync_cc.py)
CLAUDE.md         contributor guide — how to add services, available helpers
```

## Managing installed services

Every Docker service installs to its own `~/docker/<name>/` folder:

```bash
cd ~/docker/immich
docker compose up -d        # start
docker compose logs -f      # logs
docker compose pull && docker compose up -d   # update
docker compose down         # stop
```

## SSH key import (GitHub/Launchpad) and disabling password login

Imports your public keys from GitHub and/or Launchpad (Canonical/Ubuntu's
own code-hosting platform) into `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` via
[`ssh-import-id`](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/man1/ssh-import-id.1.html),
so you can log in with a key instead of a password — then optionally locks
password auth off entirely once at least one key is confirmed imported.

Only your **public** key is ever involved — the same information already
visible on `github.com/<user>.keys`, fetched over HTTPS. No private key
material leaves wherever it was generated, and importing a key does **not**
give this box any ability to authenticate *outward* as you (e.g. it still
can't clone your private repos) — it only grants *inbound* login to
whoever holds the matching private key.

Two ways to run it:

- **During `base` install** — runs automatically as part of the required
  setup on a fresh box, right after the SSH server itself is configured
- **Any time** — `sudo ./setup.sh ssh-key-import` runs just this step on
  its own: import more keys later (a new admin, a different box), or set
  it up on a box that only needs this and nothing else `base` does — e.g.
  the home box side of [`vpn-data-mount`](#services)

Password authentication is only offered to be disabled if at least one key
import actually succeeded in that run — never blindly, so you can't get
locked out by declining every import prompt.

## Client-side encryption for vpn-data-mount

A plain SMB mount over the VPN protects the data in transit, but the VPS
itself — its disk, page cache, and anyone with access to the machine (the
host, an attacker who compromises it, a compelled disclosure) — sees
plaintext while it's mounted. `vpn-data-mount`'s optional decrypt layer
closes most of that gap by encrypting on the home box, before anything
ever crosses the network:

1. On the home box, run `sudo bash tools/gocryptfs-setup-home.sh`. It
   creates an encrypted directory (a "cipherdir") and a passphrase file,
   and prints the exact next step. Point your existing Samba share's
   `path =` at the cipherdir itself — this tool never touches smb.conf,
   same read-only stance `vpn-data-mount` itself takes on the VPS side.
2. On the VPS, `sudo ./setup.sh vpn-data-mount` as usual. After it mounts
   the share over CIFS, it asks whether to layer gocryptfs decryption on
   top — say yes and give it the passphrase file's path. It fetches that
   file fresh over the same SSH trust already set up for share discovery,
   pipes it straight into `gocryptfs`, and never writes it to the VPS's
   own disk. A systemd unit keeps the decrypted view coming back on boot,
   fetching the passphrase again each time rather than caching it.

What this changes: a disk image, backup, or provider-side look at the VPS
while the passphrase isn't actively loaded shows only ciphertext. What it
doesn't change: anything actually reading through the decrypted mount
while it's live still sees plaintext, same as any data in active use
anywhere — that part isn't a software problem this (or any) tool can
solve out from under the machine actually using the data.

Skip this entirely if it's not worth the added moving part — `vpn-data-mount`
works exactly the same without it, plain CIFS, nothing to opt into.

## SSH Host aliases

`~/.ssh/config` lets you `ssh <alias>` instead of typing `ssh user@1.2.3.4`
every time — especially handy once machines are reachable over a VPN/NetBird
overlay network where the IP is easy to forget:

```
Host myserver
    HostName 100.x.x.x
    User someuser
    Port 22
```

Three ways to manage these entries:

- **During `base` install** — after SSH key import, the wizard offers to add
  one or more aliases interactively
- **Any time** — `sudo ./setup.sh ssh-config` lists, adds, or removes aliases
  without touching anything else
- **By hand** — edit `~/.ssh/config` directly; it's a plain OpenSSH client
  config file, nothing generated or templated beyond the `Host` block itself

Aliases are written to the invoking user's own config (not root's), since
that's whose terminal actually runs `ssh`.

## Installing from a USB thumb drive

No git required. Works for anyone with a browser.

### 1 — Put the repo on the USB

1. On GitHub: click **Code → Download ZIP**
2. Open your Downloads folder — right-click the ZIP → **Extract Here**
3. Drag the `ubuntu-post-install-main` folder onto the USB drive in the
   file manager sidebar

To update later: download the ZIP again, extract, drag the new folder to the
USB and replace the old one.

### 2 — Run on the target machine

Plug in the USB. Open the `ubuntu-post-install-main` folder in the file manager,
then either:

- **Right-click inside the folder → Open in Terminal**, then run:
  ```bash
  sudo bash bootstrap.sh
  ```

- **Double-click `bootstrap.sh`** → click *Run in Terminal* → it prompts for
  your sudo password and starts the wizard automatically.

### Notes

- Everything the wizard installs goes to `~/docker/` on the **target machine's
  disk** — only the setup scripts live on the USB.
- **exFAT** is the best filesystem for the USB — readable on Windows and macOS
  for easy ZIP extraction, and works fine on Linux.

## Compatibility

Tested on **Ubuntu 24.04 LTS** and **26.04 LTS**.
Works on any Ubuntu LTS ≥ 22.04; non-LTS releases also work.
The wizard shows the detected OS in the header and warns on unknown versions.

## Gaming scripts

Gaming setup walkthroughs live next to their service files, not here — see
`services/<name>.md` (e.g. [`services/kyber-launcher.md`](services/kyber-launcher.md)
for SWBF2 (2017) + Kyber: playing, hosting, and troubleshooting). It's
appended automatically to `~/.local/share/kyber/README.md` when you run
`sudo ./setup.sh kyber-launcher`.

Also in `scripts/` (standalone, not part of the main wizard):
`setup-swbf2-linux.sh` (native Steam/Proton fixes for the base game),
`setup-kyber-linux.sh` (standalone equivalent of the `kyber-launcher`
service), and Wolf/Games-on-Whales container variants
(`setup-swbf2-wolf.sh`, `setup-kyber-wolf.sh`).