Anyone got experience turning a Raspberry Pi 3+ into a mini Ubuntu server running Postgres and some other shit. Seems like a heap of steps and was it worth it? Looking for a little testing server travel buddy.

Why must it be Ubuntu?

Isn't the setup the same as for any Linux server besides copying the image at first?

Copy the images, apt install ..., add postgres database user, done?

No big deal, I suppose.

There is an Ubuntu image for Raspi, just flash it and install whatever you need.

Or just go with a regular raspbian, no big difference to ubuntu.

It will not have massive computing power for big data or the like, but for a bit of testing it's ok.

Why not use docker?

@kescherRant because production uses Ubuntu server instances so it’s best to mirror production as closely as possible.

@sbiewald yeah it’s was retard level simple compared to the wiki instructions I was reading. Not sure what the fuck all of that was about but it popped up a few times I thought it was the way... rookie move on my part.

@ddephor Yeah, it doesn’t have to do much and I’ll just be testing so let’s see. :)

@arcsector never actually used docker yet. Haven’t had a chance or time to add something new to the list... I’ve seen a few rants about it too so I wasn’t in a rush lol.

@badcopnodonuts thats like saying "oh i've seen a few rants about programming so i dont think i meed to learn it just yet." Lol

Docker is where the industry is headed!

@arcsector yes it is but it added to the lack of immediate motivation in my extremely limited spare time to fuck with something new. Never said I wouldn’t as it’s become a common thing to use and I’m sure I can pick it up in no time once I get around to it.