Using a laptop as a headless server

Got an old laptop (i7 whatever) that I use as a server for CI/CD etc.

Install Debian blah blah…

Prevent suspend on lid close

Edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf and set ‘HandleLidSwitchExternalPower’:

HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore

Turn off console

Update /etc/default/grub and add the ‘CONSOLEBLANK’ setting to the kernel parameters:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="consoleblank=60"

Run update-grub. Reboot.