The leading platform for scale-out computing, Ubuntu Server helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available. 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 Installation, 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.