Question about installing Debian for Yunohost

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Hi!
I’m about to reinstall Yunohost and I need to install Debian manually (because reasons).

But Debian installer asks a lot of questions that I’m not familiar with. I’d like to collect answers here and ideally improve the YNH documentation later with your answers.

Context: Old ~2010 tower computer, Intel CPU, 8GB ram, 2x250GB SSD + 2x1TB HDD

  1. If Yunohost is installed on an SSD, which mount options are recommended?
    • noatime and nodiratime? Anything else?
  2. Should we be careful not to use a username that will later be a yunohost account? For example, if I use “narf” for a debian user account, will I be able to have a “narf” yunohost account later?
    • In particular, what happen if restore a yunohost backup that has a user with the same name as a debian account? Should this be avoided to reduce risks?
  3. Debian installer asks for a root password. Will this be the same as the admin account password?
    • I think Yunohost will remove this password so that the root account cannot be used without sudo? Is that correct?
  4. If I install a desktop environment, will it consume resources even if the computer has no monitor connected?
    • If yes, then I guess it’s better to not install any DE?

Thanks for your help!

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Yes, storage at least, and probably other ressources such as RAM.

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Yes, avoid any name collision between Debian and YunoHost. I would suggest to create a user debian to avoid that. :wink:

Since YunoHost 11.2 there is no admin user anymore. I can’t remember the installation process, but if YunoHost asks for a root password again, it will simply be replaced.

It is definitely not recommended to install an desktop environment on a server.

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Thanks for your answers! I updated my guide: Installing Yunohost on an old Intel Mac Pro (tower computer from ~2008~2010) - #13 by narF

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