Thread editted to reflect that this method works on basically any ubuntu version
- 12.04 untested
- 14.04 thoroughly tested (10+ servers running for multiple years)
- 16.04 tested
- 18.04 thoroughly tested (10+ servers running for multiple years)
- 20.04 tested
Barring any major changes in the architecture (dropping 32 bit support for example), this tutorial should work on future versions as well.