Before You Begin
- Ensure that you have followed the Getting Started and Securing Your Server guides, and the Linode’s hostname is set.To check your hostname run:
The first command should show your short hostname, and the second should show your fully qualified domain name (FQDN).1 2 hostname hostname -f 
- Update your system:
1 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade 
 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				