# Introduction

Welcome to the Ubuntu Server Guide!

Here you can find information on how to install and configure various server applications. It is a step-by-step, task-oriented guide for configuring and customizing your system.

This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of your Ubuntu system. Some installation details are covered in , but if you need detailed instructions installing Ubuntu please refer to the Ubuntu Installation Guide.

A HTML version of the manual is available online at the Ubuntu Documentation website. The HTML files are also available in the ubuntu-serverguide package. See for details on installing packages.

If you choose to install the ubuntu-serverguide you can view this document from a console by:

    w3m /usr/share/ubuntu-serverguide/html/C/index.html

If you are using a localized version of Ubuntu, replace C with your language localization (e.g. en_GB).

## Support

There are a couple of different ways that Ubuntu Server Edition is supported, commercial support and community support. The main commercial support (and development funding) is available from Canonical Ltd. They supply reasonably priced support contracts on a per desktop or per server basis. For more information see the Canonical Services page.

Community support is also provided by dedicated individuals, and companies, that wish to make Ubuntu the best distribution possible. Support is provided through multiple mailing lists, IRC channels, forums, blogs, wikis, etc. The large amount of information available can be overwhelming, but a good search engine query can usually provide an answer to your questions. See the Ubuntu Support page for more information.