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Set the encoding to UTF-8 and the timezone to UTC on Ubuntu hosts.
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ubuntu_bootstrap_locale.sh
#!/bin/bash -x
echo "LANG=\"en_US.UTF-8\"" >> /etc/environment
echo "LANGUAGE=\"en_US.UTF-8\"" >> /etc/environment
echo "LC_ALL=\"en_US.UTF-8\"" >> /etc/environment
source /etc/environment
apt-get install -y --reinstall locales
locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
apt-get install -y --reinstall locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales
# UTC
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/timezone
echo "TZ=\"UTC\"" >> /etc/environment
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