Server123 is licensed on a per-domain basis. If you control example.com, then the licence covers one year of updates for example.com. If necessary, you can repeat installation for as many times as required during the licence period, at any IP address.
Installation and Configuration proceeds in 3 stages. Note that you must use http, and not https, during configuration:
- Installation: writing of the image to your drive
- Stage 1 Configuration: configuration of the image for your domain. You can carry out this step only if you can successfully browse to http://my-ip-address/configure, which should show a licence agreement
- Stage 2 Configuration: SSL/TLS certificate negotiation and installation, which can be carried out by browsing to http://my-domain-name/configure.
The licence check is carried out in the second step. This means that it is not necessary to purchase a licence in order to attempt installation at a given VPS provider. However, if you are satisfied that you can proceed with Stage 1 Configuration, you will need to purchase a licence to continue. To do this, fill in your email address and domain name in the form below. You will then be emailed a payment link for your domain.
Licence agreement
You can view the licence agreement here. You will be asked to accept the terms of the agreement during the installation process.
Payment link form
Server123 is priced at GBP 185.00, which is currently approximately $249.35, or €214.21. Payments are handled by Stripe which, by default, takes payment in your local currency (as determined by your IP address), with a conversion fee of 4%.
Submitting the payment link form does not enter you into a contract for payment. You will be sent an email which contains a payment link; you should not make this payment unless you have already confirmed that you can proceed to Stage 1 Configuration. An invoice will be emailed on completion of payment.
Your information will not be supplied to any third parties, and will not be used for marketing purposes.
Support
Server123 is a standard Ubuntu release, bundled with a number of additional programs. These programs have been installed and configured in a way that is intended to make them immediately usable, and useful, to most users. These programs include Apache, MariaDB, Postfix, Dovecot, Roundcube, PHP, WordPress, DokuWiki, MediaWiki, Ruby, Redmine, Java, Keycloak, Alfresco, Solr, Git, and Subversion, among others.
Maia EDA does not offer support or any form of warranty for these programs, or for the Operating System itself. It is recognised that some users would prefer individual programs to be set up in an alternative way. While we may be able to help with this in specific limited cases, the best course of action will generally be to refer to the documentation for that program, or the program's developers and maintainers, or the relevant mailing list.
The specific configuration of your server is described in the Administration Guide, which can be downloaded below. The operations described in this guide are tested, are known to work, and are supported. Any failure to replicate the procedures documented in this guide should be reported and will be addressed. Please note, however, that you should not install further programs, or carry out additional updates beyond Ubuntu security fixes and Server123 updates, as these actions could potentially affect the documented procedures.
Download files
Please download and read the Installation Guide before attempting installation. You should manually download an image from these links only if:
- You intend to create a local VM from the qcow2 image, or
- You intend to create a USB stick for local installation (in which case you will need the ISO image)
Your VPS provider will otherwise be able to fetch the image directly. In this case, copy the link for the qcow2 or ISO image, and paste it into the provider's web form. If your VPS provider does not support qcow2, and does not allow you to use your own ISO, you may be able to carry out a direct network install instead. See Section 6 of the Installation Guide.
Note that these are x86_64 images. All download links will install the latest available release. The installer automatically checks the image checksum both after the initial download from the server, and when the image has been written to disk.
Note that this image carries out a BIOS/MBR boot, for maximum compatibility with current hypervisor software. If you have a choice, you should therefore select BIOS firmware, rather than UEFI firmware, on your host system. If you can see the Stage 1 Configuration screen from your browser then you have successfully booted the image.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| Installation Guide | Installation and configuration instructions, and security guidelines |
| Administration Guide | System administration |
| qcow2 image | Use this image if you're installing a VM, and your hypervisor supports qcow2. This is a BIOS/MBR image. When creating your VM, you should select BIOS firmware, rather than UEFI firmware. |
| ISO image | This is a SystemRescue ISO, with an additional boot option to carry out a Server123 network install. Use this image if you cannot use the qcow2 image |
| Network install script | This fetches the latest Server123 image, and writes it to a selected drive (which must be unmounted, and have a size of at least 20GB). You should not normally need to download or run this yourself, but it may be useful if you cannot boot from the ISO image. See Section 6 of the Installation Guide. |