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In the following discussion, the computer is an AMD-64 4 x Quad-core CPU gaming system with 16 GB memory and 3 network adapters.

The system will be configured as a network bridge and server. The bridge will allow authorized traffic to pass from the Internet adapter to either one, or both, of the local network adapters, providing network traffic isolation.

Log-in as root

Or su, or sudo -s, or use sudo before restricted commands.

Download and Install Debian 9.11 Minimal Spin.

Download the latest Debian 9.11 DVD. Goto the Debian release repository at

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/  

and select an appropriate image for the download. The amd64-DVD-1 iso image is recommended.

For example:

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-9.11.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso

ONLY the first iso image in the 3-image DVD group is required if the Internet is available during installation.

When the download completes, create a boot DVD and then boot it up.

After the installation is started, when the Choose Software to Install screen appears, select the following items:

Standard system utilities  

Press continue to complete the installation;

Eject the installation cd/dvd and reboot

Re-insert the original installation cd/dvd

Update the apt cache

apt update  

Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list. Comment out the cd repository, as follows:

#deb cdrom:  

Modify the following line in /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main   

and replace it with

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free  

Update the apt cache

apt update
apt upgrade  

Install utilities

apt install apt-transport-https apt apt-utils nano sudo net-tools firewalld curl wget network-manager resolvconf gdebi ssh openssh-server  

Eject the cd/dvd installation disk and reboot

usermod -aG sudo <username>  

Edit the /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf file and change the managed setting to true.

[ifupdown]
managed=true

Restart the NetworkManager

systemctl restart NetworkManager

Edit the file /etc/network/interfaces, modify the enp0s3 interface definition, and configure additional interfaces, as follows:

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*  

auto lo  
iface lo inet loopback  

auto enp0s3  
iface enp0s3 inet static  
     address 192.168.0.254  
     network 192.168.0.0  
     netmask 255.255.255.0  
     gateway 192.168.0.1  
          dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8  
          dns-nameserver 8.8.4.4  
          dns-search internet.lan  

auto enp0s8  
iface enp0s8 inet static  
     address 192.168.1.254  
     network 192.168.1.0  
     netmask 255.255.255.0  

auto enp0s9  
iface enp0s9 inet static  
     address 192.168.2.254  
     network 192.168.2.0  
     netmask 255.255.255.0    

Setup hostname file to set a fully-qualified-name (fqn) for the host. The Debian server will parse out the domain automatically

hostname debserver.internet.lan  

Restart the NetworkManager

systemctl restart NetworkManager  

127.0.0.1		localhost  

192.168.0.254		debserver.internet.lan	debserver  
192.168.1.254		debserver.intnet.lan  
192.168.2.254		debserver.hostnet.lan  

Update / Upgrade the Linux Kernel.

apt update  
apt upgrade  

Enable firewalld

systemctl enable firewalld.service  
systemctl start firewalld.service  

Open some ports.

firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http  
firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https  
firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=8000/tcp  
firewall-cmd --reload  

Reboot and check the firewall status:

#sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --list-all  

public (default, active)  
interfaces: enp0s3 enp0s8 enp0s9  
sources:  
services: http https ssh  
ports: 8000/tcp  
masquerade: no  
forward-ports:  
icmp-blocks:  
rich rules:  

apt update  
apt install xorg chameleon-cursor-theme comixcursors-lefthanded comixcursors-lefthanded-opaque comixcursors-righthanded comixcursors-righthanded-opaque  
reboot  

1. Install the Lightweight X-11 Desktop Environment, LXDE (installs openbox and lightdm)

     apt-get install lxde  
     reboot  
   

2. At the LightDM login manager, change the Desktop type from Default xsession to LXDE

Install linux kernel support files for VirtualBox,

apt-get install dkms  

Insert the VirtualBox Guest Additions DVD in the dvd drive

Change to the mounted device

cd /media/cdrom0

and run the Guest Additions Installer

sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

When it is completed, unmount / remove the VirtualBox Guest Additions DVD;

To enable access to VirtualBox resources, on a per-user basis,

usermod -aG vboxsf <user name>

Reboot.

cd to the download directory and run the following command:

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Install the downloaded file

gdebi google-chrome*.deb

Cleanup.

rm *.deb

Reboot.

systemctl set-default multi-user.target  
reboot

systemctl set-default graphical.target  
reboot

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