Install

See fosslinux.com

Summary:

1. Download the ‘netinst’ version of Debian 11 from the official website. From here at debian.org.
2. Create storage medium if needed (can install directly from .iso if in a VM).
3. Install.
   1. This will install the base system.
   2. You want to select:
   3. standard system utilities (you can use e.g. busybox.
   4. Web Server (if needed -- perhaps you are running a node server so don't need apache2.
   5. SSH server. This is a must if you want to administer the VM remotely.
   6. You can then login.
   7. I would then install tmux, vim, rsync, wget, curl.

Virtualisation

See here for giving a VM its own IP address.